Sir John Gladstone, who had never set foot on his plantation, had acquired half share in the plantation in 1812 through mortgage default; he acquired the remaining half four years later.
Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet (1764–1851), British politician, father of British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
He was a carpenter by trade, and worked on an estate owned by Sir John Gladstone.
In 1838 he paid for several philanthropic works in his home town of Leith, all built on Mill Lane, the old western route out of the town, namely: St Thomas' Church (now a Sikh temple); an adjacent manse; a free school for boys; a separate free school for girls; and a "house for female incurables" (what at the time would normally be called a lunatic asylum); and at the end a public rose garden.
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