John Neilson Gladstone

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Captain John Neilson Gladstone (18 January 1807 – 7 February 1863) was a politician in the United Kingdom and an officer in the Royal Navy.

He was the fourth child of Sir John Gladstone, a Scottish-born businessman who settled in Liverpool and made a large fortune initially from trading in corn with the United States and cotton with Brazil, and later through sugar plantations in Jamaica.^[1] His mother was Anne MacKenzie née Robertson, from Dingwall.^[2] His younger brother was the British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, and his elder brother Thomas was also a Member of Parliament (MP).

He was MP for Walsall from February to June 1841, for Ipswich from 1842 to 1847, and for Devizes from 1852 to 1857.

Notes

↑ Sir John Gladstone in the Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Anne MacKenzie Robertson". The Peerage.

References

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Gladstone

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis Finch	Member of Parliament for Walsall Feb 1841 – Jun 1841	Succeeded by Robert Scott
Preceded by Thomas Gladstone and John Cuffe, Earl of Desart	Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1842 – 1847 With: Sackville Walter Lane-Fox	Succeeded by John Cobbold and Sir Hugh Adair
Preceded by James Bucknall-Estcourt and George Heneage	Member of Parliament for Devizes 1852 – 1857 With: George Heneage	Succeeded by Simon Watson Taylor and Christopher Griffith
Preceded by Simon Watson Taylor and Christopher Darby Griffith	Member of Parliament for Devizes 1859 – 1863 With: Christopher Griffith	Succeeded by William Addington and Christopher Griffith

Persondata
Name	Gladstone, John Neilson
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	18 January 1807
Place of birth
Date of death	7 February 1863
Place of death

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