- Thomas Glaholm
Thomas Glaholm (1834-1888) was the son of a Newcastle steam flour
miller . He went on to open a successful rope manufacturing plant inSunderland and was a founder member of a daily provincial newspaper, theSunderland Echo .Early life
Thomas Glaholm, the son of steam flour miller Thomas Glaholm, [cite web|url=http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/quayside/detail|title=Thomas's father's details|accessdate=2008-02-24 |author=Amber onlinewebsite |date=2007] was born in
Gateshead in December 1834. He moved to Sunderland in 1857 and began the "Hendon Patent Ropery" with his brother-in-law, Samuel Sinclair Robson. [Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 16, 1888]Business life
The Glaholm and Robson manufacturing plant quickly proved a success and, in the mid-1860s, it employed a young
Samuel Storey as a travelling salesman. Glaholm and Storey shared the same Radical and Liberal ideals and, some 10 years later, they went on to become two of the founding members of the "Sunderland Echo" newspaper. [Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 19, 1888] [Sunderland Daily Echo, March 23, 1880] [cite web|url=http://www.wearsideonline.com/sunderland_echo.html|title=Sunderland Echo|accessdate=2008-02-24 |author=Wearsideonline website |date=2007] [cite web|url=http://members.cox.net/ggthomp/edwardtemperleygourley1826.html|title=Founding member|accessdate=2008-02-24 |author=Memberscox website |date=2007]Glaholm was also involved in several other businesses, including the "Wreath Quay Forge", the "Wear Pottery" at Southwick, Sunderland, and the "Phoenix Iron Foundry" in Coronation Street, Sunderland. He eventually retired from the Hendon Ropery in 1878. [Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 16, 1888]
Political life
Glaholm was a Liberal who served as a councillor on Sunderland
Town Council from 1863-1878, spending time as chairman of the Finance Committee. Glaholm and Storey also brought the unsuccessful Liberal petition against George Elliot's return as MP for North Durham, following the North Durham by-election of 1874. [Sunderland Times: July 21, 1874]Personal life
Glaholm died unmarried. He was survived by three sisters; Mrs Robson, Mrs Reid and Mrs Clarke. Glaholm had retained a quarter share in the "Sunderland Echo" when it was formed into a company after the break-up of the Carnegie-Storey syndicate in 1885, and his shares passed to his sisters. [Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 16, 1888] [Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 19, 1888]
References
Further reading
* Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 16, 1888 - Glaholm's obituary
* Sunderland Daily Echo and Daily Post: March 19, 1888 - details of his funeral
* Sunderland Times: July 21, 1874 - petition lodged against Elliot's return
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