Robertson Gladstone
| Robertson Gladstone | |
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| Mayor of Liverpool | |
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In office 1842–1843 |
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| Preceded by | John S. Leigh |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Sands |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 November 1805 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 23 September 1875 (aged 69) Court Hey Hall, Lancashire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ellen Jones (1836-1865) |
| Relations |
William Ewart Gladstone (Brother) Sir John Gladstone (Father) |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Religion | Church of England |
Robertson Gladstone JP (15 November 1805 – 23 September 1875) was an English merchant and politician. He was the second son, and third child of Sir John Gladstone and the brother of William Ewart Gladstone who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times. Robertson was a successful merchant, businessman, property developer and local politician. One of the youngest men elected Mayor of Liverpool, he was religious but increasingly tolerant of nonconformity, emphasised by a move towards semi-socialist politics.
Robertson, along with his siblings was brought up in Liverpool at the Gladstone home in Rodney Street and then at Seaforth House from 1813. He studied at Eton College along with his older brothers Thomas and William. However, he did not seem to have the motivation to become a politician and his father felt that Eton did not suit him. The incessant beatings from Mr Keate the headmaster were deemed necessary if the Gladstones were to earn a rite of passage into the upper-middle class. John Gladstone decided that Robertson, entirely at his own concurrence, should become a merchant, first as his assistant, and then as partner.
In September 1821, sixteen-year-old Robertson was sent to attend Glasgow College, where his cousin Steuart Gladstone studied before becoming an intelligent merchant-businessman. John Gladstone's sister, Mary, and her husband, Dr John Nimmo, lived in Glasgow, and Robertson boarded there with his aunt and uncle while he studied mathematics, moral philosophy and natural philosophy at the university. He then returned to Liverpool work in the offices of his father's company.
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