Hugh Steuart Gladstone

Sir Hugh Steuart Gladstone of Capenoch FRSE FSA FZS MBOU DL LL (1877-1949) was a Scottish ornithologist and landowner. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1946 to 1949.[1]

Life

He was born on 30 April 1877 the son of Samuel Steuart Gladstone of Capenoch and his wife Sophia Musgrave. He lived his life at Capenoch House in Penpont in Dumfriesshire[2] a major country house designed by David Bryce.[3] He was sent to Eton College and then studied at Cambridge University graduating MA.

In the Second Boer War (1900-1902) he served in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in South Africa as a Lieutenant winning two campaign medals and five clasps.

On return to Britain he served as a County Councillor 1904 to 1946. He served numerous senior roles in the Dunfries Council. In 1909 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Cossar Ewart, Henry Harvey Littlejohn, James Geikie and Cargill Gilston Knott.[4]

In the First World War he rejoined the KOSB as a Captain and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He later moved to the General Staff in the War Office in London serving administrative functions.

In 1920 he became Chairman of the Wild Birds Advisory (Scotland) Committee, serving this role until death.

He was knighted in 1941.

He died at Capenoch House on 5 April 1949.

Publications

Family

He married Cecil Emily Chetwynd-Talbot in January 1907. They had one daughter, Jean Cecil Gladstone (who married Roderick Barclay), and two sons, John Gladstone of Capenoch (his heir) and David Steaurt Gladstone (an architect).[5]

Artistic Recognition

His portrait by Herbert James Gunn is held by Dumfries Museum.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/people/hsgladstone.php
  2. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p7768.htm#i77680
  3. ↑ http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=403413
  4. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  5. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p7768.htm#i77680
  6. ↑ http://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-hugh-s-gladstone-of-capenoch-18771949-215438
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Francis John Carruthers		 Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries
1946–1949 		Succeeded by
Sir John Crabbe
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