Marriage and Family
He was engaged at the age of 30 to Mary Ellen Jones (d. 23 September 1865), daughter of a notable local banker, Hugh Jones. They married on 28 January 1836 in St George's Church, Liverpool. The marriage caused disagreements within the Gladstone family because of the religious beliefs of the Jones family who were unitarians, a faith which was considered to be divergent from the evangelical Church of England beliefs of the Gladstone family. After the marriage a mansion house called Court Hey Hall was built in the same year as their family home.
They had eight children together.
- John Gladstone (b. 1838 - d. 13 October 1852 at Court Hey)
- Mary Ellen Gladstone (b. 1840 - d. 17 September 1895)
- Arthur Robertson Gladstone, Capt (b. 1841 - d. 30 March 1896, late of Court Hey)
- Hugh Jones Gladstone (b. 1843 - d. 1 September 1874 at Court Hey)
- Robertson Gladstone (b. 14 September 1844 - d. November 1893 in Liverpool, late of Court Hey)
- Walter Longueville Gladstone (b. 30 September 1846 - d. 14 May 1919) - donated a unique organ to All Saints Church in Childwall with an inscription to his father, mother and uncle William.
- Anna Maria Heywood Gladstone (b. 1848 - d. 14 May 1901)
- Richard Francis Gladstone (b. 24 December 1849 - d. 2 May 1909, late of Court Hey)
None of sons had issue.
He was also the owner of 24 Abercromby Square which is now part of the University of Liverpool.
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