Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet

British politician

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1764

Place of Birth: Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1851

Profession: politician, merchant

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet

  • Sir John Gladstone of Fasque, 1st Baronet, FRSE LLD (11 December 1764 – 7 December 1851) was a Scottish merchant, slave owner, Member of Parliament, and the father of the British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
  • Through his commercial activities he acquired several large plantations in Jamaica and Guyana, worked initially by enslaved Africans.
  • The extent of his ownership of slaves was such that after slavery was abolished in 1833, he received the largest of all compensation payments made by the Slave Compensation Commission.

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