Sir Albert Charles Gladstone, 5th Baronet, (28 October 1886 – 2 March 1967) was a British businessman and

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who won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Gladstone was born at Hawarden Castle,

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, the eldest son of the Reverend Stephen Edward Gladstone and Annie Crosthwaite Wilson, and the grandson of the former

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. As a twelve-year-old, he attended William Gladstone's state funeral. Gladstone was educated at

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and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1909 with a BA. During his time at Oxford he was a member of the rowing eight and rowed for

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in the

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on four occasions between 1906 and 1909. He was a member of the Christ Church eight that won the

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at Henley Royal Regatta in 1908. Four weeks later, he was a crew member of the Leander eight, which won the gold medal for Great Britain

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. Gladstone served in

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in Mesopotamia and Gallipoli, and was mentioned in dispatches. He was promoted to Captain in the 2nd/

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(Frontier Force), in the Indian Army Reserve, and was appointed a Member of the

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(MBE) in 1919. Gladstone was a successful businessman and held many important positions being a Director of the Bank of England from 1924 to 1947 and a senior partner of Ogilvy, Gillanders & Company, East India merchants and

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. He was appointed Lieutenant of the

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and was

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in 1929. In 1935 he became

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and held the post until his death. He succeeded his cousin Sir John Evelyn Gladstone as baronet, on the latter's death on 12 February 1945.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, page 1558 Gladstone died in Fordingbridge, Hampshire aged 80. As he never married and had no issue, the title passed to his younger brother, Charles Andrew Gladstone, who became the 6th Baronet.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gladstone, Albert Charles 1886 births 1967 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom English people of Scottish descent Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Eton College Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Welsh male rowers Albert Gladstone, 5th Baronet British Indian Army officers Deputy Lieutenants of Flintshire High Sheriffs of the County of London Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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