# Hugh Steuart Gladstone

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Scottish ornithologist and landowner (1877-1949)

**Sir Hugh Steuart Gladstone of Capenoch** [FRSE](/source/FRSE) FSA FZS MBOU DL LL (1877–1949) was a Scottish [ornithologist](/source/Ornithologist) and landowner. He served as [Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Dumfries) 1946 to 1949.[1]

## Life

Gladstone was born on 30 April 1877 the son of Samuel Steuart Gladstone of Capenoch and his wife Sophia Musgrave. He lived his life at Capenoch House in [Penpont](/source/Penpont) in Dumfriesshire, a major country house designed by [David Bryce](/source/David_Bryce).[2] He was sent to [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) and then studied at [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University) graduating MA.

He was on 10 February 1897 appointed a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in the 3rd ([Militia](/source/Militia_(United_Kingdom))) battalion of the [King's Own Scottish Borderers](/source/King's_Own_Scottish_Borderers),[3] and promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) on 4 April 1900.[4] The [Second Boer War](/source/Second_Boer_War) started in late 1899, and Gladstone was in 1900 commissioned for active service with the regiment in South Africa, winning two campaign medals and five clasps.

On return to Britain he served as a [County Councillor](/source/County_Councillor) 1904 to 1946. He served numerous senior roles in the Dumfries Council. In 1909 he was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh). His proposers were [James Cossar Ewart](/source/James_Cossar_Ewart), [Henry Harvey Littlejohn](/source/Henry_Littlejohn#Henry_Harvey_Littlejohn), [James Geikie](/source/James_Geikie) and [Cargill Gilston Knott](/source/Cargill_Gilston_Knott).[5]

In the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) he rejoined the KOSB as a captain and was [Mentioned in Dispatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Dispatches). He later moved to the General Staff in the War Office in London serving administrative functions.

In 1920 he became Chairman of the Wild Birds Advisory (Scotland) Committee, serving this role until death.

In 1933 he was one of eleven people[a] involved in the appeal that led to the foundation of the [British Trust for Ornithology](/source/British_Trust_for_Ornithology) (BTO), an organisation for the study of [birds](/source/Birds) in the British Isles.[6]

He was knighted in 1941.

He died at Capenoch House on 5 April 1949.

## Publications

- *Birds of Dumfriesshire* (1910)

## Family

He married Cecil Emily Chetwynd-Talbot in January 1907. They had one daughter, Jean Cecil Gladstone (who married [Roderick Barclay](/source/Roderick_Barclay)), and two sons, John Gladstone of Capenoch (his heir) and [David Steaurt Gladstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Steaurt_Gladstone&action=edit&redlink=1) (an architect).

## Artistic recognition

His portrait by [Herbert James Gunn](/source/Herbert_James_Gunn) is held by Dumfries Museum.[7]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** The letter was signed: - [Desborough](/source/William_Grenfell%2C_1st_Baron_Desborough) - Hugh S. Gladstone - [Grey of Fallodon](/source/Edward_Grey%2C_1st_Viscount_Grey_of_Fallodon) - [Julian S. Huxley](/source/Julian_Huxley) (Chancellor of Oxford University) - [T. G Longstaff](/source/Tom_Longstaff) - [Percy R. Lowe](/source/Percy_Lowe) - [P. Chalmers Mitchell](/source/Peter_Chalmers_Mitchell) - [Rothschild](/source/Walter_Rothschild%2C_2nd_Baron_Rothschild) - [Scone](/source/Mungo_Murray%2C_7th_Earl_of_Mansfield) M.P. (Chairman, British Trust for Ornithology) - [E. L. Turner](/source/Emma_Louisa_Turner) - [H. F. Witherby](/source/Harry_Forbes_Witherby) (President, British Ornithologists' Union)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hugh S. Gladstone"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130727155921/http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/people/hsgladstone.php). *www.dgnhas.org.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/people/hsgladstone.php) on 27 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (December 29, 2021, 9:50 pm)"](http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=403413). *www.scottisharchitects.org.uk*. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hart′s Army list, 1900

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No. 27179"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27179/page/2202). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 3 April 1900. p. 2202.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002*](https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf) (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-902-198-84-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-902-198-84-X). Archived from [the original](https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf) (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Observers of Birds"](https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/u38/downloads/home-news/2013-06/bto-letter-the-times-July-1-1933.pdf) (PDF). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. 1 July 1933.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Sir Hugh S. Gladstone of Capenoch (1877–1949) | Art UK"](https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-hugh-s-gladstone-of-capenoch-18771949-215438). *artuk.org*. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

## External links

- [Works by Hugh Steuart Gladstone](https://librivox.org/author/11658) at [LibriVox](/source/LibriVox) (public domain audiobooks)

Honorary titles Preceded by Francis John Carruthers Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1946–1949 Succeeded by Sir John Crabbe

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