Robertson Gladstone

Robertson Gladstone (1805 - 1875), was the son of Sir John Gladstone and the elder brother of four times prime minster, William Ewart Gladstone. Robertson married Mary Ellen Jones, Daughter of a notable local banker.

The mansion house 'Court Hey Hall' was built the same year.

He was a notable Liverpool entrepreneur and politician and served as mayor of the city in 1842. In August 1845 Robertson was Deputy Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway and was also on the committee of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway.

In 1846 Robertson was one of the 'gentlemen' present during the visit of Prince Albert to the Liverpool Sailors Home.He was also a Trustee of the Liverpool Union Mill and Bread Company and a member of the Health Committee.

Robertson was chairman of the Financial Reform Association.

Robertson and Helen had 8 children;

John Gladstone

Robertson Gladstone

Arthur Robertson Gladstone

Hugh Jones Gladstone

Walter Longueville Gladstone:Walter was the last son to survive. He donated a unique organ to Childwall Church with an inscription to his father, mother and uncle William.

Richard Francis Gladstone

And

2 Daughters

Mary Ellen Gladstone

Anna Maria Gladstone

Both daughters married, but none of the sons ever did and they lived out their lives in court hey hall until the last son Walter died in 1919.

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References

* A History of Court Hey Park by George Peet, 2002, ISBN 09544245
* S.G. Checkland The Gladstones, A family biography 1764-1851, Cambridge University Press 1971 ISBN 521079667
* The Liverpool Mercury, Newspaper articles, 1800 - 1900