Sir Erskine "William" Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Baronet, KG

Order of the Garter

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, JP

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, DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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 (born 29 October 1925) is a Knight of the Garter

Order of the Garter

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, and was formerly an officer of the Royal Navy

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.

Gladstone is the son of Sir Charles Gladstone, 6th Baronet

Sir Charles Gladstone, 6th Baronet

Sir Charles Andrew Gladstone, 6th Baronet 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. As a ten year old, he attended William...

, and a great-grandson of the former Prime Minister

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, William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

. He was educated at Eton

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, and joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1943 and saw action in World War II

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. Upon leaving the navy (with the rank of lieutenant

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), he received an Honours Degree in History at Christ Church

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, Oxford

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. He then entered the teaching

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 profession, with positions at Shrewsbury

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 and Eton

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, and he became Head Master of Lancing

Lancing College

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 in 1961. He retired from the teaching profession in 1969.

He was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1999.

Gladstone became a Scout

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 whilst a student at Eton. He encouraged the school Scout Group whilst Head Master at Lancing. He became Chief Scout

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 of the United Kingdom in 1972, a position he held until 1982. During his tenure he took special interest in the development of Scouting in deprived areas, particularly the inner cities and new housing estates. In 1979 he was elected Chairman of the World Scout Committee.

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