Gerald Gladstone (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone, GBE, KCB (3 October 1901 – 11 July 1978) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1957 to 1960.

Gladstone was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff, before joining the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight in May 1915.

[2] He became Vice Controller of the Royal Navy and Director of Naval Equipment in 1952 and second-in-command of the Far East Fleet and Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron in 1953.

[2] He was appointed North Atlantic Treaty Organization Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Northern Europe in 1955 and Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1957; he took part in Queensland's Centenary Celebrations in 1959.

They had two sons, John Nigel, William David and a daughter Mary Justine.