John Neilson Gladstone

John Neilson Gladstone

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. [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10786?docPos=2 Sir John Gladstone] in the Dictionary of National Biography] His mother was Anne MacKenzie née Robertson, from Dingwall. [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p5932.htm#i59315 ThePeerage.com: Anne MacKenzie Robertson] ] His younger brother was the British Prime Minister William 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.

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* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p12959.htm#i129581 ThePeerage.com: Captain John Neilson Gladstone]
* [http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons1.htm Historical list of MPs: W]
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/icommons.htm Historical list of MPs: I]
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/dcommons2.htm Historical list of MPs: D]


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