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                              March 8, 2021

       David Gladstone
       Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Investment Officer
       Gladstone Acquisition Corp
       1521 Westbranch Drive
       Suite 100
       McLean, VA 22102

                                                        Re: Gladstone
Acquisition Corp
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed February 9,
2021
                                                            File No. 333-252916

       Dear Mr. Gladstone:

               We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comment. Please
       respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and
providing the requested
       information. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do
       not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to this comment, we may have additional comments.

       Form S-1 filed February 9, 2021

       Competitive Advantages
       Manner of Conducting Redemptions, page 104

   1.                                                   Noting the disclosure
that "each public stockholder may elect to redeem its public shares
                                                        irrespective of whether
they vote for or against the proposed transaction," please revise to
                                                        address abstentions. If
public stockholders much vote for or against a proposed business
                                                        combination in order to
be able to redeem their shares, please revise your Summary
                                                        section, along with
other applicable sections in the prospectus to prominently disclose
                                                        this.

               We remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments,
action or absence of
       action by the staff.
 David Gladstone
Gladstone Acquisition Corp
March 8, 2021
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       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       You may contact Ben Phippen at (202) 551-3697 or Amit Pande at (202)
551-3423 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Eric Envall at (202) 551-3234 or Sandra Hunter Berkheimer at (202)
551-3758 with any
other questions.



FirstName LastNameDavid Gladstone                          Sincerely,
Comapany NameGladstone Acquisition Corp
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