Hawarden‘s most famous inhabitant, William Ewart Gladstone is himself buried in Westminster Abbey with his wife beside him.

Some of his descendants are, though buried in Hawarden, off St Deiniol’s Churchyard. Their graves are a bit overgrown, however.

William Henry Gladstone, 3/6/1840 – 4/7/1881. Son of William Ewart Gladstone:-

William Glynne Charles Gladstone, born 14th July 1886. Lord Lieutenant of the County of Flint, MP for Kilmarnock Burgh. Grandson of William Ewart Gladstone.

On the same gravestone, Evelyn Catherine Gladstone, 2/1/1882 – 11/12/1958. Brother of William Glynne Charles Gladstone:-

Behind the above (double) grave is that of Herbert John, Viscount Gladstone, 1854-1930, and his wife Dorothy Mary, 1876-1953, who are buried in an iron surrounded enclosure:-

Grave inscriptions:

(i) -1910 Secretary of State for the Home Department:-

(ii) First Governor General of South Africa:-

(iii) Wise and generous and true he fough.. (indecipherable):-

Erskine William Gladstone, died 28/3/2018, aged 92. Great-grandson of William Ewart Gladstone?

Hawarden, where Gladstone’s Library is situated (see posts in the past week) and where Gladstone and his wife lived, is a village in Flintshire, North Wales.

Main street:-

Gates to Hawarden Castle:-

Hawarden Post Office and side street. I got a flicker of deja vu at the road sign pointing to Queensferry. For a moment I thought I was back in Fife:-

Over the road from the Post Office and near to the gates above lies the Gladstone Memorial Fountain, erected by locals to commemorate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of William Ewart Gladstone and his wife, Catherine:-

The upper inscriptions on the three sides read in total, “Drink ye the water of life.”