Charles Gladstone

Sir Charles Andrew Gladstone, 6th Baronet (28 October 1888 – 28 April 1968) was a Master at Eton College and a British baronet.

Gladstone was the son of the Reverend Stephen Edward Gladstone and Annie Crosthwaite Wilson, and the grandson of the former Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone.^[1] As a ten-year-old, he attended William Gladstone's state funeral.^[2] He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Master at Eton College from 1912 to 1946, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Territorial Force in 1912, attached to Eton's Officer Training Corps unit.^[3] He fought in World War I, and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps from April 1915.^[4] On being captured, he became a POW. After the war, he continued to serve with the Eton OTC until 1924 when he resigned his commission and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant.^[5][6][7] Gladstone married Isla Margaret Crum, the daughter of Sir Walter Erskine Crum, on 3 January 1925.^[8] They had six children, the oldest of whom was Sir Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, the 7th Baronet. Another son, Peter, was a noted naturalist.

Gladstone became a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1929,^[9] and was the Vice-Lieutenant between 1948^[10] and 1968, and was a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Flintshire. He held the office of High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1951.^[11] In 1955 he was appointed a Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John.^[12]

He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Gladstone, of Fasque and Balfour on 2 March 1967, following the death of his older brother, Sir Albert Charles Gladstone, the 5th Baronet.^[13] Having proved his claim to the baronetcy he did not use the title.

References

1. Melville Henry de Massue (1994). The Blood Royal of Britain. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co. ISBN 0-8063-1431-1.
2. The London Gazette: no. 26980. p. 3845. 22 June 1898. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
3. The London Gazette: no. 28668. p. 9222. 3 December 1912. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29627. p. 6055. 16 June 1916. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31941. p. 6567. 11 June 1920. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32516. p. 9015. 11 November 1921. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
7. The London Gazette: no. 32984. p. 7593. 21 October 1924. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
8. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition volume 2, page 1558.
9. The London Gazette: no. 33453. p. 71. 1 January 1929. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
10. The London Gazette: no. 38289. p. 2935. 14 May 1948. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
11. The London Gazette: no. 39175. pp. 1428–1429. 16 March 1951. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
12. The London Gazette: no. 40529. p. 3882. 5 July 1955. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
13. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition

External links

• Gladstone on The Peerage.com website