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Francis Ullathorne Gledhill (1803 – 2 October 1882) was a New Zealand politician. He was born in 1803 in Halifax,
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, England, and came to New Zealand in 1844, settling in
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and opening a shop and the first tanning works in the area. He served in the
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Parliaments, representing
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in the former and Omata in the latter. Between his two terms in office, he was a volunteer in the
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. He died in New Plymouth on 2 October 1882, and was buried at Te Henui Cemetery.


Further reading

*Some of Gledhill's papers may be found within in
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. Much of this material is military in subject matter, referring to his service in the
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. See


References

1803 births 1882 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives People from Taranaki People of the New Zealand Wars New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates People from Halifax, West Yorkshire English emigrants to New Zealand Burials at Te Henui Cemetery 19th-century New Zealand politicians {{NewZealand-politician-stub