Biography of William Glynne Charles Gladstone 1885-1915

On 30th September 1875 [his father] William Henry Gladstone (age 35) and [his mother] Gertrude Stuart (age 25) were married.

On 14th July 1885 William Glynne Charles Gladstone was born to William Henry Gladstone (age 45) and Gertrude Stuart (age 35). He was educated at Eton College [Map] and New College, Oxford University.

On 4th July 1891 [his father] William Henry Gladstone (age 51) died.

In 1907 William Glynne Charles Gladstone (age 21) was President of the Oxford Union.

On 26th September 1911 William Glynne Charles Gladstone (age 26) was elected MP Kilmarnock Boroughs which seat he held until his death in 1915.

1915. Photograph of William Glynne Charles Gladstone (age 29).

On 13th April 1915 William Glynne Charles Gladstone (age 29) was killed in action near Laventie; shot by a sniper. He was initially buried in France, but permission was granted by King George V for his body to be brought back to the United Kingdom. Nine days after his death, his body was disinterred and re-buried in the churchyard of St Deiniol's, Hawarden. His body was the last to be officially repatriated to the United Kingdom during the First World War. As a memorial, a rood was installed at St Deiniol's, Hawarden, and a new theatre and wards at Chester Royal Infirmary. Gladstone is also commemorated on Panel 8 of the Parliamentary War Memorial in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs who died during the War to be named on that memorial.