Gerald Gladstone (Royal Navy officer)
Sir Gerald Gladstone | |
|---|---|
 Gladstone in August 1957 | |
| Born | 3 October 1901 Llandaff, Wales |
| Died | 11 July 1978 (aged 76) Bridport, Dorset, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1915–1960 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Far East Fleet 5th Cruiser Squadron Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham HMS Vanguard HMS Black Prince HMS Pelican |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches |
Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone, GBE, KCB (3 October 1901 – 11 July 1978) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1957 to 1960.
Early years
[edit]Gladstone was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff, before joining the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight in May 1915.[1]
Naval career
[edit]Gladstone joined the Royal Navy in 1915.[2] He served in the First World War aboard HMS Tiger.[2]
Gladstone also served in the Second World War as executive officer on HMS Fiji and then, from 1941, as Commanding Officer of HMS Pelican on Atlantic convoy duties.[2] He was made Assistant Director for Torpedoes and Mining Deputy at the Admiralty in 1942.[2]
After the war, Gladstone was captain of HMS Black Prince and then Captain of the Fleet in the Mediterranean Fleet from 1947.[2] He was given command of HMS Vanguard in 1949 and appointed Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Chatham in 1950.[2] He became Vice Controller of the Royal Navy and Director of Naval Equipment in 1952 and second-in-command of the Far East Fleet and Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron in 1953.[2] He was appointed North Atlantic Treaty Organization Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Northern Europe in 1955 and 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.