Sir William Gladstone, new Chief Scout, London

Jul. 27, 1972 - New Chief Scout; Britain's 556, 000 Scouts have a new Chief. He is 46 year old Sir (Erskine) William Gladstone, Bt DLMA, who has been appointed Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Dependent Territories by the council of the Scout Association at a special meeting in London yesterday. Sir William, the 7th Baronet, succeeded his father in 1968 and is the great grandson of William Ewart Gladstone, the Victorian Prime Minister. He is married with two sons and a daughter. The family lives at Hawarden Castle, Deeside, Flintshire and has an estate in Kincardineshire, Scotland. Photo Shows The new Chief Scout, Sir (Erskine) William Gladstone, pictured in London yesterday

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Appointed Baronet Deeside Dependent Flintshire Gladstone Grandson Hawarden Kincardineshire Succeeded Territories

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