GIUGLINI, Antonio. b. Fano, Italy 1827; sang at Her Majesty’s theatre, London 1857–58; sang with much success in the provinces and abroad; had a sweet and high tenor voice, the best since Tamberlik; became insane 1862. d. in an asylum at Pesaro, Italy 12 Oct. 1865. Illust. sporting news iv, 553 (1865), portrait.
GLADSTONE, Sir John, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Thomas Gladstones of Leith, corn merchant 1732–1809). b. Leith 11 Dec. 1764; corn merchant at Liverpool 1788–1843 when he retired; M.P. for Lancaster 1818, for Woodstock 1820, for Berwick 1826–27 when unseated on petition; dropped the final s in his name by r.l. 10 Feb. 1835; created baronet 18 July 1846; author of Plain facts connected with the Corn laws 1846 and other pamphlets. d. Fasque, Kincardineshire 7 Dec. 1851. Fortunes made in business ii, 111–36 (1884); H. R. F. Bourne’s English merchants ii, 290–306 (1886).
GLADSTONE, John Neilson. b. 18 Jany. 1807; M.P. for Walsall 1841, for Ipswich 1842–7, for Devizes 1852–7 and 1859 to death; sheriff of Wilts. 1859. d. Bowden park, Wilts. 7 Feb. 1863. I.L.N, xxii, 197, 198 (1853), portrait.
GLADSTONE, Murray (6 son of Robert Gladstone of Liverpool 1773–1835). b. Liverpool 14 Feb. 1816; employed in making surveys for railways; a merchant at Calcutta 1844–50; established firm of Gladstone, Latham & Co. in Manchester 1850; erected an observatory at Penmaenmawr, North Wales; F.R.A.S. 11 May 1860. d. suddenly while walking along the shore at Penmaenmawr 23 Aug. 1875. Monthly notices of R.A.S. xxxvi, 142 (1876).
GLADSTONE, Sir Thomas, 2 Baronet (eld. son of Sir John Gladstone 1764–1851). b. Annfield near Liverpool 25 July 1804; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; M.P. for Queenborough, Kent 1830–32, for Portarlington 1832–35, for Leicester 1835–37, for Ipswich 1842 but unseated on petition; lord lieut. of Kincardineshire; founded at Fasque, Kincardineshire a herd of pure-bred polled cattle. d. Fasque house 20 March 1889. Fortunes made in business ii, 137–40 (1884).
GLASGOW, James Carr-Boyle, 5 Earl of (2 son of 4 Earl of Glasgow 1766–1843). b. London 10 April 1792; served in the navy 1807–18, retired commander 5 Oct. 1867; assumed name of Carr before Boyle 2 Aug. 1823; contested Ayrshire 1837, M.P. for Ayrshire 1839–43; lord lieut. and sheriff principal of Renfrewshire 21 Oct. 1844; kept many racehorses 1819 to death, most of which were unnamed; won the Two thousand guineas and Doncaster Cup with General Peel 1864; master of Renfrewshire fox hounds. d. Hawkhead, Renfrewshire 11 March 1869. Rice’s British Turf (1879) ii, 242–55; Saddle and Sirloin, By the Druid. Part North (1870) 26–32; Baily’s Mag. i, 257–60 (1860), portrait.
GLASGOW, George Frederick Boyle, 6 Earl of (half-brother of the preceding). b. 9 Oct. 1825; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1847, M.A. 1852; M.P. for Buteshire, Feb. to July 1865, contested Buteshire, July 1865; lord clerk register of Scotland 1879 to death; principal keeper of the Signet. d. 32 Palmerston place, Edinburgh 23 April 1890.
GLASS, Joseph. b. 1792; invented the chimney-sweeping machine now in use for which he received a silver medal and prize of £200 about 1828; author of Chimney-sweeping described 1834. d. Brixton, London 29 Dec. 1867.
GLASS, Sir Richard Atwood (eld. son of Francis Glass of Bradford, Wilts.) b. Bradford 3 July 1820; established with Kuper a wire-rope manufactory; introduced use of twisted iron wires in Dover and Calais cable as a protecting medium for submarine telegraphs 1852; made a length of 1250 miles of the Atlantic cable of 1858 which failed; partner in firm of Glass, Elliot and Co., Greenwich, firm was eventually absorbed in the Telegraph construction and maintenance co., managing director; knighted by patent 26 Nov. 1866; chairman of Anglo-American Telegraph company; M.P. for Bewdley 1868–69 when unseated on petition; A.I.C.E. 4 May 1858. d. Moorlands, Bitterne, Southampton 22 Dec. 1873. I.L.N. xlix, 545, 558 (1866), portrait.
GLASSE, Frederick Henry Hastings. Entered navy 20 Nov. 1818; captain 9 Nov. 1846; R.A. 16 Sep. 1864, retired 1 April 1870; admiral 1 Aug. 1877; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857. d. Billacombe villa, Plymstock, South Devon 25 May 1884.