14 Facts About Will Gladstone

William Glynne Charles Gladstone was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and the last of four generations of Gladstones to sit in the House of Commons, the first being his great-grandfather Sir John Gladstone.

Will Gladstone's body was the last to be officially repatriated to the United Kingdom during the First World War.

Will Gladstone inherited from his father the 18th-century Hawarden Castle which had belonged to the family of his grandmother's brother Sir Stephen Glynne, the 9th and last baronet.

Will Gladstone was educated at home before attending Eton and then New College, Oxford.

Will Gladstone was president of the Oxford Union in 1907 and graduated with a second class degree.

In 1909, Gladstone was the Assistant Private Secretary to John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen who was serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Will Gladstone stood as the Liberal Party candidate in the Kilmarnock Burghs by-election held on 26 September 1911 and was elected as the member of parliament.

Will Gladstone was commissioned into the British Army on 15 August 1914 as a second lieutenant ; he had originally wished to enlist as a private but was advised to become an officer.

Will Gladstone joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and underwent training at Wrexham before going out to France in March 1915.

Will Gladstone's commission was confirmed and he was promoted to lieutenant on 7 April 1915.

Will Gladstone was initially buried in France, but permission was granted by King George V for his body to be brought back to the United Kingdom.

Will Gladstone is 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.

Will Gladstone is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber.

On 8 July 1911, Will Gladstone was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire.