Francis Gledhill
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox break Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Francis Ullathorne Gledhill (1803 – 2 October 1882) was a New Zealand politician.
He was born in 1803 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, and came to New Zealand in 1844, settling in New Plymouth and opening a shop and the first tanning works in the area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He served in the first and third Parliaments, representing New Plymouth in the former and Omata in the latter.<ref name="Scholefield 1950">Template:Cite book</ref> Between his two terms in office, he was a volunteer in the First Taranaki War.
He died in New Plymouth on 2 October 1882,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and was buried at Te Henui Cemetery.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Further reading
- Some of Gledhill's papers may be found within Template:Cite web in New Plymouth. Much of this material is military in subject matter, referring to his service in the First Taranaki War. See Template:Cite web
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