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Robertson Gladstone (15 November 1805 – 23 September 1875) was an English merchant and politician. He was the second son, and third child of Sir John Gladstone and the brother of William Ewart Gladstone who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times. ==Early years== Robertson, along with his siblings was brought up in Liverpool at the Gladstone home in Rodney Street and then at Seaforth House from 1813. He studied at Eton College along with his older brothers Thomas and William.〔George W. E. Russell, ''The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone'' (Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1891)〕 However, he did not seem to have the motivation to become a politician and his father felt that Eton did not suit him. John Gladstone decided that Robertson should become a merchant, first as his assistant, and then as partner. In September 1821, sixteen-year-old Robertson was sent to attend the University of Glasgow, where his cousin Steuart Gladstone studied before becoming a merchant. John Gladstone's sister, Mary, and her husband, Dr John Nimmo, lived in Glasgow, and Robertson boarded there with his aunt and uncle while he studied mathematics, moral philosophy and natural philosophy at the university.〔S. G. Checkland ''The Gladstones: a family history 1764–1851'', (Cambridge University Press 1971 ISBN 0-521-07966-7)〕 He then returned to Liverpool work in the offices of his father's company. On 28 September 1827 he traveled with his brother Thomas to spend the Winter in Naples. Whilst there they viewed an eruption of Vesuvius. On his return to England he proposed to his father that he should visit the family estates in the West Indies with his father accepting the proposal. Leaving on 12 October 1828 he traveled to Demerara, British Guiana, arriving in November and remained for three months until March 1829. Robertson made record of this journey in his ''Journal of a Voyage & Residence in the Colony of Demerara'' which is held in the library of the Liverpool Athenaeum. He traveled back to England via the United States of America where he stopped in Philadelphia. In 1830, he built a home at Cuckoo Lane, Woolton, Liverpool. In 1833 he became a freemason in Liverpool. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robertson Gladstone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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