Major-General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, ( GASK-oyn; 25 October 1903 – 26 February 1990) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and became Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District. After retiring from the army, he worked as a stockbroker and then served as Governor and military Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda (an Imperial fortress that had been greatly diminished by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance) from 1959 to 1964.
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Early life and education
Gascoigne was born on 25 October 1903 at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Surrey, England. His father was Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gascoigne, KCVO, CMG, DSO. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public boarding school.
Military career
Gascoigne entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1923. From 1927 to 1928, he served as aide de camp to Sir Stanley Jackson, the then Governor of Bengal. He was an instructor at Sandhurst in 1935, and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1938 to 1939.