Sir Thomas Gladstone | |
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Member of Parliament for Ipswich | |
In office June 1842 – August 1842 | |
Preceded by | George Rennie |
Succeeded by | Sackville Walter Lane-Fox |
Member of Parliament for Leicester | |
In office 1835–1837 | |
Preceded by | William Evans |
Succeeded by | Sir John Easthope |
Member of Parliament for Portarlington | |
In office 1832–1835 | |
Preceded by | Sir William Rae |
Succeeded by | George Dawson-Damer |
Member of Parliament for Queenborough | |
In office December 1830 – 1831 | |
Preceded by | Philip Charles Durham |
Succeeded by | Sir John Colquhoun Grant |
Personal details | |
Born | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 25 July 1804
Died | 20 March 1889 Fasque House, Kincardineshire, Scotland | (aged 84)
Resting place | St Andrew's Chapel, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
Political party | Tory / Conservative |
Spouse | Louisa Fellows (m. 1835–1889) |
Children | Sir John Gladstone, 3rd Baronet |
Parents |
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Relatives | William Ewart Gladstone (brother) |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Profession | Politician and landowner |
Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Baronet (25 July 1804 – 20 March 1889)[1] was a Tory politician from Liverpool, who returned to the ancestral seat in the Highlands to become a country squire. Less well known than his brother William, Tom, as he was known, was both a principled and honest man who supplied his brother with good advice. Their contrasting characters informed rising social and economic liberalism during the Victorian period. Tom was parsimonious, even mean, while his brother was constantly battling family debts.