Sir Charles Andrew Gladstone, 6th Baronet (28 October 1888 – 28 April 1968) was a

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and a

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

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William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...

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

and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Master at Eton College from 1912 to 1946, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the

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in 1912, attached to Eton's

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unit. He fought in

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, and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps from April 1915. 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. Gladstone married Isla Margaret Crum, the daughter of Sir Walter Erskine Crum, on 3 January 1925. They had six children, the oldest of whom was Sir Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, the 7th Baronet. Another son,

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, was a noted naturalist. Gladstone became a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1929, and was the Vice-Lieutenant between 1948 and 1968, and was a justice of the peace (JP) for

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. He held the office of

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in 1951. In 1955 he was appointed a Commander of the

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. 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.Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition Having proved his claim to the

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he did not use the title. His son inherited the Baronetage under the appellation of

Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet Sir Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Baronet, (29 October 1925 – 29 March 2018) was a teacher and an officer in the Royal Navy. The Scout Association appointed him as its Chief Scout from 1972 to 1982. Gladstone was ...

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