Thomas Glaholm [SEP] date of death
Thomas Glaholm
Thomas Glaholm (1834-1888) was the son of a Newcastle steam flour miller. He went on to open a successful rope manufacturing plant in Sunderland and was a founder member of a daily provincial newspaper, the Sunderland Echo.
Early life.
Thomas Glaholm, the son of steam flour miller Thomas Glaholm, was born in Gateshead in December 1834. He moved to Sunderland in 1857 and began the "Hendon Patent Ropery" with his brother-in-law, Samuel Sinclair Robson.
Business
Liberal meetings, and critical articles on Liberal opponents.
The Sunderland Echo was launched with an initial investment of £3,500, raised by donations of £500 each from Storey and his business partners. Those joining the venture were: Quaker banker Edward Backhouse, shipbroker and MP Edward Temperley Gourley, shipbuilder and MP Charles Palmer, newspaper editor Richard Ruddock, rope-maker Thomas Glaholm and draper Thomas Scott Turnbull. Only Ruddock, however, had any knowledge of newspapers and the money was quickly used up.
Ruddock, Gourley