New-York tribune., 1910-12-19
w. c. c. Gladstone for W.shinoton.

w, G. c. Gladstone for Washinaton.
william Glynne Charles Gladstone VINO
has JusJ been attached te the British En-
bsssy az Washington, has recently been act
ing IS private secretary 10 Lord Aberdeen
the Ficsroy Of Ireland, and is the grandson
and principal heir Of the Grand Old Man,
as wei as owner Of Hawarden Castle,
which has been the bourne OF SO many
American pilgrimages. He is twenty-five
years Of age, and while at New College,
Oxford. won distinction as one Of the best
speakers Of The famous Oxford Union.
which for generations has been the princi-
rsl debating society Of the university and
rhe school where some Of the most ceIe-
hrared IF British orators and statesmen
have acquired their knowledge of public
speaking
Hawardeu Castle never really belonged TO
tts Grand Old Man. t was the property OF
the Iatter's brother-in-law, Sir Stephen
Glyune and was left by him in trust for
the newly appointed attache at Washing
ton, the great statesman being accorded
life interest in the property and appointed
one Of the trustees. He carefully hus-
handed and developed the resources Of the
Hawarden estate. spending all OF his Own
money that he could upon the place, trans
forming il from an unproductive and en-
barrsssed estate into an extremely profit
able one In fact. he was tar more sue
cessful IN the management Of the fortune
left 70 his grandson by Sir stephen Glynne
than in the administration Of his own
finances, and thanks TO his discovery OF
minerals and Of coal az Hawardep the lat
Ter now yields very large income
Then. roo young Gladstone has benefited
largely under the viii Of his mothers faith
er. the last Lord Blantyre, who died lew
years ago. Lord Biantyre left 70 MS daush-
tar. the Hon Mrs. william Henry Slao-
stone widow Of the Grand Old Mans ell
oest son, sum Of s2Jo,eo0 in trust for ner
bdv as well as his stately London nlan-
sicn in Berkeley Square. with Ell It's lerhi-
,ure paintings, art treasures and silver
rlsre- as well as the horses ana Carriages
in the stable belonging thereto
vo,ng cladstoae's mother never got On
well with her husbands brothers and SIS
-.-s an5 II NAV be recalled that her por-
raj. is included In none OF TIE tnnumeraole
family e-ouus OF the Gladstone househoio
~ Hawarden which were issued 10 the
r11bu. until the time Of the Grand oid
Mans death. Among the many causes OF
friction was the fact that although iie
castle had been left by Sir Stephen Gtyhhe
n the first place to her husband and then
70 her eldest boy, w Z, Ar. Gladstone
ra.-ine merely life interest II the place,
vet she was never permitted TO make her
home there while ne was alive. Nhen sfe
come there il was merely as VISITOR Nor
vas she accorded any say in what was
virtually her sons estate, over Whlch hef
sisters-in-law had far more control than
herself The Hon Mrs Gladstone submit
ted 70 all this in silence as long as her dis
nd lrl-l2
both 81 whom she entertained the most pro-
found veDeration. were alive. But she saw
10 reason for continuing TO permit herself |
70 be ignored il connection with the castle
after his death and this led to some little
fsrriHv unpleasantness.~ The sons and daugh-
ters snd the sons-in-law of the great LID
sral leader resentirg the idea Of being COM
PEELED to vacate castle which had been
their home from their childhood and upon
which their father mad spent large sums OF
money that would otherwise have served 70 |
swell the very modest fortune that he lett
&C Be shared among them
Although master OF Hawarden Castle, |
young William Glynne Gladstone is not in |
any sense Of the word the chief OF The |
Gladstone family. That is z dignity which |
does not even belong 10 Lord Gladstone, the
Governor General Of South Africa, but TO 1
Gladstone. Z retired officer Of the Scots
GUARDS. and who. like his father before him, !
Is typical Tory baronet. Indeed, his
Iather, the late Sir Thomas Gladstone. rep
resented Ipswich as a Conservative for /
many years ia the House OF Commons, IN
Farianiy voting against his younger brother,
ne Liberal iezder. The brothers, however,
never allowed any political differences 70
interfere Eith their fraternal relations.
sF JEAN, too. always remained very de-
'clee to his famous uncle, who used occa- I
eonaily to visit him st Fasque. the family !
ilaee II Scotland, and sample some OF The
excellent whiskey distilled on the estate,
sho for which Fasque is celebrated
throughout the United Kingdom Sir John
: cne Of the great whiskey distillers or
n'Staan0, and his distilleries at Fasque are
hio|n FAR and wide as the Fettercairn dis
lheries- The castle OF FasQue is one or
NE stafeliest casteIIated mansions in Scot
RIG IL stands on wooded slope, sur
fnunded by a noble park and woods that
e@'end some eighty miles Sir John, VINO
e TAI, good locking and broad-shouidered
si1n1- Is unmarried. and expresses his IN
'enlon 70 remain so; so that there is
considerable prospect shat his baronetcy
Ay one Of these days 60 along with the
s'sat Fasque estates and the Fettercairn
N--lef1es, to Ambassador Bryce's new at
Uhe at Washington Sir John is an only
-- Ills fathers second brother. Robert
gladstone. had no less than six sons.
= of whom died without leaving Issue,
ore named Walter. who is man OF
s-iouF, and bent Oh remaining bach-
The third aad sailor brother Of Sir
--'iaaS. namely. Captain John Gladstone,
the royal navy. died, leaving one son,
Ae mas a family OF nothing but daugh-
~, and after that the next in succession
1he Gladstone ba-onetcy and the Fasaue
sees comes young William Giynne Glad
lie as heir OF Sir Thomas Gladstones
'Sunsest brother. rhe Grand Old Man.
ATAEGT7ISF DE FCNTENOT 1