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Gladstone Dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool was named after Robert Gladstone, a merchant from Liverpool and second cousin of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. | Gladstone Dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool was named after Robert Gladstone, a merchant from Liverpool and second cousin of Prime Minister [[William Ewart Gladstone]]. | ||
Robert Gladstone was an important Liverpool merchant, Chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, freeman of the city and a founder of Liverpool University. He had five daughters and four sons, one of whom was also called Robert, and he died in 1919 | Robert Gladstone was an important Liverpool merchant, Chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, freeman of the city and a founder of Liverpool University. | ||
He had five daughters and four sons, one of whom was also called Robert, and he died in 1919. | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:40, 14 October 2011
Gladstone Dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool was named after Robert Gladstone, a merchant from Liverpool and second cousin of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
Robert Gladstone was an important Liverpool merchant, Chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, freeman of the city and a founder of Liverpool University.
He had five daughters and four sons, one of whom was also called Robert, and he died in 1919.