text: Hugh Steuart Gladstone
  
  Sir Hugh Steuart Gladstone of Capenoch  FRSE FSA FZS MBOU DL LL (1877-1949) was a Scottish ornithologist and landowner. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1946 to 1949.
  
  Life
  
  He 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 in Dumfriesshire a major country house designed by David Bryce. He was sent to Eton College and then studied at Cambridge University graduating MA.
  
  In the  Second Boer War (1900-1902) he served in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in South Africa as a Lieutenant winning two campaign medals and five clasps.
  
  On return to Britain he served as a 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. His proposers were James Cossar Ewart, Henry Harvey Littlejohn, James Geikie and Cargill Gilston Knott.
  
  In the First World War he rejoined the KOSB as a Captain and was 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.
  
  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), and two sons, John Gladstone of Capenoch (his heir) and David Steaurt Gladstone (an architect).
  
  Artistic Recognition
  
  His portrait by Herbert James Gunn is held by Dumfries Museum.
  
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  Category:1877 births
  Category:1949 deaths
  Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  Category:Lord-Lieutenants of Dumfries
  Category:British ornithologists
  Category:Scottish landowners
  Category:Scottish non-fiction writers