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12 unusual facts about Gladstone


Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 6th Earl of Minto

In 1965 Lord Minto married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Ballantine (29 December 1936 — 24 January 1983), daughter of Peter Ballantine, of Stonehouse Farm, Gladstone, New Jersey, United States.

Gladstone Branch

The Passaic and Delaware Extension Railroad was chartered in 1890 and opened later that year, extending the line to its current terminus in Gladstone, New Jersey.

Gladstone, New Jersey

Out of 23 inbound and 26 outbound daily weekday trains, 2 inbound and 2 outbound trains (about 8%) use the Kearny Connection to Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan; the rest go to Hoboken Terminal.

Gladstone, New Zealand

It was named after British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.

Gladstone, North Dakota

It was named for British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.

Gladstone, South Australia

During World War II it was used for the internment of Germans and Italians, and later as a military detention centre before returning to public service.

HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship

It was first played from June 30 to July 3, 2005 at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey.

Oatfield, Oregon

It is named after Oatfield Road, which runs between Milwaukie and Gladstone.

Soo Line L-1 class

One locomotive, the 1003, was placed in the strategic reserve, and stored serviceable in the Gladstone, Michigan roundhouse.

Susane Colasanti

Susane Colasanti grew up in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, a rural area known for its many acres of woods.

Sybase Match Play Championship

The Sybase Match Play Championship was a women's professional golf tournament for three seasons on the LPGA Tour, held at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey.

William Gordon Claxton

Born on June 1, 1899 in Gladstone, Manitoba, Claxton enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Canada upon his eighteenth birthday in 1917.


A4055 road

The road then enters the Barry district of Palmerstown along Cardiff Road and goes into Weston Square, Gladstone Road, Broad Street, Harbour Road and finally Friars Road in Barry Island.

Adelaide Gaol

Once sentenced, those with terms of three months or less would be placed in single cells, while those with longer sentences were transferred to Yatala Labour Prison, the Cadell Training Centre and, until it closed in 1975, Gladstone Gaol.

AFL Capricornia

AFL Capricornia is an amateur Australian football competition played in the areas of Rockhampton and Gladstone between the months of March and September in the cooler seasons of the Central Queensland climate.

Amiel Gladstone

Gladstone has also worked as a voice director for the English adaptation of several Japanese anime TV series, including Cardcaptor Sakura and Mobile Suit Gundam.

Australian rules football leagues in regional Queensland

AFL Capricornia is an amateur competition played in the areas of Rockhampton, Gladstone and Yeppoon between the months of March and September in the cooler seasons of the Central Queensland climate.

Baron Heneage

He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone between February and April 1886, when he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule.

Buster Merryfield

Merryfield joined Only Fools and Horses in January 1985, as the former seafaring Albert Gladstone Trotter, known as Uncle Albert, who was Grandad Trotter's globetrotting long-lost brother, and who was known for Uncle Albert's catchphrase of "During the war..."

Cat lady

Florence Nightingale had many cats named after famous public figures such as Gladstone and Bismarck.

Charles Wordsworth

In 1846, however, he resigned; and then accepted the wardenship of Trinity College, Glenalmond, the new Scottish Episcopal public school and divinity college, where he remained from 1847 to 1854, having great educational success in all respects; though his views on Scottish Church questions brought him into opposition at some important points to WE Gladstone.

Chris Trevor

He had previously narrowly lost a contest against veteran independent Liz Cunningham for the state seat of Gladstone at the 2006 Queensland state election.

Clan na Gael

Gladstone's party then divided over home rule, and the IPP also divided for a decade over Parnell's marriage to Mrs. O'Shea.

Coral Sea

Queensland has several major urban centres on the coast including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Sunshine Coast and the industrial city of Gladstone, which inevitably contaminate the sea.

GAP line

The Newlands line was proposed for electrification in 1983, but that was deferred in 1986 in lieu of the NCL between Caboolture and Gladstone.

Georg Holtzendorff

His main work was the decoration of the Gladstone Dessert Service, presented by the Liberal Working Men of Derby to Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1883.

Gladstone Airport

As of March 2008, QantasLink was scheduled to operate about 38 return services per week (i.e. about 76 aircraft movements) between Gladstone and Brisbane using Dash 8 aircraft with seating from 50 to 74 passengers.

Gladstone Institutes

Many research areas build upon the stem cell work of Gladstone Senior Investigator Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD.

Gladstone to Monto railway line

Governor Fitzroy named Calliope after HMS Calliope which was anchored in Port Curtis (now Gladstone) harbour in 1854.

Hawarden Kite

Gladstone won the ensuing election, but when he proposed the Government of Ireland Bill later in 1886, 93 Liberal MPs voted against their, prompting a further general election.

Hugh Dempsey

In 1953 he married Pauline Gladstone, the daughter of Canadian Senator James Gladstone of the Kainai Blackfoot, with whom he had five children.

Irish Parliamentary Party

Gladstone said his mission was to pacify Ireland and with the Irish Church Act 1869 began with the disestablishment of the Anglican Church of Ireland whose members were a minority who made all political decisions in Ireland and would have largely voted Conservative.

The Conservatives under Disraeli had been defeated in the election and Gladstone was again Prime Minister.

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

In 1866, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland, and two years later was created Marquess of Hamilton (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) and Duke of Abercorn (in the Peerage of Ireland), resigning shortly after Gladstone won the 1868 general election.

Jeremiah Jordan

In 1880 he joined the Land League and helped to secure extensive Protestant support for it in Fermanagh by arguing that it was a law-abiding body whose principal aim was to help Gladstone and Bright overcome resistance to further land reform.

John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley

He at once disclosed his identity, and received the congratulations of his friends, among whom were Tennyson, Browning and Gladstone.

Lady Cynthia Colville

Lady Sibyl died young, and her children lived for a time with their unmarried uncle the 3rd Baron Crewe, rejoining their father, a Liberal politician, when he was posted to Dublin as Gladstone's Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (from 1892–95).

Lady Musgrave Island

At about 03:40 on 25 March 1985 the Australian registered ship TNT Alltrans grounded on Lady Musgrave Island, while on a voyage from Gladstone, Queensland to the port of Bluff, New Zealand.

Land War

Prime Minister Gladstone attempted to resolve the land question with Balfour’s dual ownership Second Land Act of 1881, but it failed to eliminate tenant evictions.

Little Bay de Noc

A bit further north, Gladstone was founded in 1887 by U.S. Senator from Minnesota, William D. Washburn, to serve as a rail-lake terminal for lumber products.

Moura railway line

Before the Moura Short Line opened, the largest QR steam locomotive, known as a Garrett, could haul a 750 ton coal load to Gladstone via Rockhampton.

Numa Edward Hartog

Within weeks, Solicitor-General John Coleridge of the Gladstone government introduced legislation to rectify the situation.

Oregon Route 99E

Starting in Oregon City, and continuing through the suburban communities of Gladstone, Oak Grove and Milwaukie, OR 99E is known as McLoughlin Boulevard (after fur trader John McLoughlin).

Peter Glassen

Born in Szeged, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on October 19, 1920, Glassen emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1929, residing on Gladstone Avenue in the city's west end.

Pier Head

In January 1896, the two bodies began discussions, with the Corporation's team headed by Lord Derby (who was then the Lord Mayor), and the Board's representatives led by Robert Gladstone, a member of the Liverpool family of which W.E. Gladstone was the best-known.

Robert Pearsall Smith

The following year, after preaching in front of royalty and taking breakfast with Gladstone they travelled to Germany and Switzerland, where they preached in several major cities.

Stanley Park, Liverpool

It includes the 1899 Gladstone Conservatory (recently restored and renamed the Isla Gladstone Conservatory), a Grade II listed building built by Mackenzie & Moncur of Edinburgh.

Stephen Glynne

Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet (1807–1874), Welsh Conservative politician, brother-in law of Prime Minister William Gladstone, and architectural antiquarian

Tannum Sands, Queensland

It is a major residential area for the nearby Boyne Island Aluminium Smelter and Gladstone-based industries.

Tauweru

It is named after and located on the middle reaches of the Tauweru River, which drains into the Ruamahanga River near Gladstone and Te Whiti, and the name means "hanging in clusters" in the Māori language.

The Fall of Hyperion

Severn, accompanied by Gladstone's aide Leigh Hunt, farcast to Tau Ceti Center, but instead arrive on a world that is an apparent analog of 19th century Earth and, in particular, the city of Rome, where the historical Keats died.

The Maytones

The Maytones formed in the late 1960s, and comprised Vernon Buckley and Gladstone Grant, both of whom lived in May Pen in Clarendon, which inspired the group's name.

Wanborough, Surrey

West entertained many political figures at the manor, including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck.

Working Men's Club and Institute Union

Sometimes Liberal Clubs were called Gladstone Clubs in honour of the Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.