Sir Charles Gladstone, 6th Baronet

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

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Albert Gladstone, 5th Baronet		 Baronet
(of Fasque)

1967—1968

Succeeded by
Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet