Marriage and Family
In 1792, he married his first wife Jane Hall, the daughter of a Liverpool merchant. However, she died in 1798.
In 1800, he married his second wife Anne MacKenzie Robertson, the daughter of Andrew Robertson, a solicitor and the Provost of Dingwall in Ross-shire. They had six children together:
- Anne MacKenzie Gladstone (1802–1829)
- Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Baronet (1804–1889)
- Robertson Gladstone (1805–1875)
- John Neilson Gladstone (1807–1863)
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)
- Helen Jane Gladstone (1814–1880)
Read more about this topic: Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet
Famous quotes containing the words marriage and/or family:
“Our home has been nothing but a play-room. I’ve been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa’s doll-child. And the children have been my dolls in their turn. I liked it when you came and played with me, just as they liked it when I came and played with them. That’s what our marriage has been, Torvald.”
—Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
“Parenting is not logical. If it were, we would never have to read a book, never need a family therapist, and never feel the urge to call a close friend late at night for support after a particularly trying bedtime scene. . . . We have moments of logic, but life is run by a much larger force. Life is filled with disagreement, opposition, illusion, irrational thinking, miracle, meaning, surprise, and wonder.”
—Jeanne Elium (20th century)