Gerald Gladstone (Royal Navy officer)
Sir Gerald Gladstone | |
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| Born | 3 October 1901 Mentioned in Despatches |
Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet
from 1957 to 1960.
Early years
Gladstone was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff, before joining the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight in May 1915.[1]
Gladstone joined the
Gladstone also served in the
Admiralty in 1942.[2]
After the war, Gladstone was
Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1957; he took part in Queensland's Centenary Celebrations in 1959.[3]
Gladstone retired in 1960.[2]
Family
On 16 December 1925 at Brompton Oratory, London, Gladstone married Marjorie Cecilia Mary (Justine) Johnston, daughter of John Goring Johnston of New Zealand. They had two sons, John Nigel, William David and a daughter Mary Justine. Marjorie died in 1964.[4]
In 1966, Gladstone married Dora Brown, née Stewart, his second wife.[5] He predeceased his second wife, who died in December 2006.[5]
References
- ^ "A Sailor's Life" by Gerald Vaughan Gladstone
- ^ a b c d e f g h "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : Military Archives". www.kcl.ac.uk.
- ^ Recalling Queensland's Centenary Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Maritime Museum
- ^ "A Sailor's Life", written by G V Gladstone and Gladstone Family Tree, compiled by G V Gladstone
- ^ a b "Lady Gladstone, widow of Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, GBE, KCB (1901–78)". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.