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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-256814
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231016

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001143513
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				542040781
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		703-287-5800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">William J. Tuttle</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">To Call Writer Directly:</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">+1 202 389
3350</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">william.tuttle@kirkland.com</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Washington, D.C. 20004</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">United
States</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">+1 202 389 5000</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">www.kirkland.com</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Facsimile:</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">+1 202 389 5200</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;16, 2023 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By EDGAR </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States
Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Investment Management </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: Kimberly Browning </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:18%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On behalf of Gladstone Capital
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), we hereby respond to the comments raised by the staff (the &#147;<U>Staff</U>&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) regarding
(1)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on August&nbsp;31, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00237</FONT> and Accession
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;0001193125-23-226374),</FONT></FONT> (2) the Company&#146;s response letter filed on September&nbsp;20, 2023 (Accession <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;0001193125-23-238530)</FONT></FONT> and (3)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s response letter filed on October&nbsp;10, 2023 (Accession
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;0001193125-23-253150)</FONT></FONT> (the &#147;<U>Prior Letter</U>&#148;) in a telephone call on October&nbsp;12, 2023 between Kimberly Browning of the Staff and William J.
Tuttle and Erin M. Lett of Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP, outside counsel to the Company. For your convenience, a transcription of the Staff&#146;s comments is included in this letter, with each comment followed by the Company&#146;s response.
Except as provided in this letter, terms used in this letter have the meanings given to them in the Preliminary Proxy Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1. The Staff notes
your response to Comment #2 of the Prior Letter. Please reconfirm that the proxy statement relating to a similar proposal filed by Gladstone Investment Corporation (&#147;<U>GAIN</U>&#148;) is and will be materially the same as the Company&#146;s
proxy statement, except for (1)&nbsp;the names of the registrants, (2)&nbsp;matters related to the respective dates and states of incorporation, (3)&nbsp;matters related to the dates of the respective annual stockholder meetings, (4)&nbsp;directors
and officers, (5)&nbsp;fee waivers granted by the Adviser to </B></P>
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&#8195;Beijing &#8195;Boston &#8195;Brussels &#8195;Chicago &#8195;Dallas &#8195;Hong Kong &#8195;Houston &#8195;London &#8195;Los Angeles&#8195; Miami &#8195;Munich &#8195;New York &#8195;Paris &#8195;Salt Lake City &#8195;Shanghai </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">October&nbsp;16, 2023</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 2</P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>the Company, (6)&nbsp;the terms and rates of the fees payable under the applicable investment advisory
agreements, (7)&nbsp;the applicable loan servicing arrangements of the Company and GAIN and (8)&nbsp;beneficial ownership of shares. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response:</B>
The Company reconfirms that the Company&#146;s proxy statement and that of GAIN is and will be materially the same except for the items noted above. Based on an expected record date of October&nbsp;17, 2023, the Company does not expect to have any
shares of its Series&nbsp;A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock outstanding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2. Please disclose in the proxy statement what would happen if the
Voting Trust Agreement is not signed. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B>As requested, the Company will revise the disclosure in the proxy statement to describe what
would happen if the Voting Trust Agreement is not signed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3. Please revise the proxy statement to add specificity regarding what is intended with
respect to entering into the Voting Trust Agreement &#147;shortly after approval of the New Investment Advisory Agreement.&#148; </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B>As
requested, the Company will revise the disclosure in the proxy statement to add specificity with respect to what is intended with respect to timing of entry into the Voting Trust Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4. The Staff notes your response to Comment #3 of the Prior Letter that the Company and the Adviser strongly disagree with any assertion that the
appropriate course of action for succession planning would be to enter into a temporary investment advisory agreement in reliance on Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15a-4</FONT> under the 1940 Act at the time of Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone&#146;s death
and only then solicit stockholder approval of a new investment advisory agreement. The Staff notes that this does not represent an assertion by the Staff. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B>The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5. The Staff notes your response to Comment #3 of the Prior Letter regarding how the facts and circumstances of the Garrison Capital example are applicable
in this instance and believes that your analysis is insufficient. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B>The Company<B> </B>acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment. However,
the Company and its counsel have been unable to identify any further information regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding Garrison Capital in the public domain. </P>
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email at william.tuttle@kirkland.com) or Erin M. Lett by telephone at 202.389.3353 (or by email at erin.lett@kirkland.com). Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael LiCalsi, Gladstone Capital Corporation </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nicole Schaltenbrand, Gladstone Capital Corporation </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Erin M. Lett, Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP </P>
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