Sir John Evelyn Gladstone, 4th Baronet (23 November 1855 – 12 February 1945) was the 4th

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of Fasque and Balfour. He succeeded to the title on 25 June 1926 on the death of his cousin, Sir John Robert Gladstone, the 3rd Baronet. He was the son of John Neilson Gladstone, an older brother of

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 ...

, who later became

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, and Elizabeth Honoria Bateson.Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition p. 1557 He attended William Gladstone's state funeral in 1898. Gladstone was educated at

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and Christ Church, Oxford. He was an officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married Gertrude Theresa Miller, the daughter of Sir Charles Hayes Miller, on 3 January 1888. Gladstone held the office of

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in 1897, and was also a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Wiltshire. He was the Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire. On his death aged 89 in 1945 Gladstone had three daughters, so the title passed to his cousin, Albert Charles Gladstone, who became the 5th Baronet.

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