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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Robert Glendining

Mr. Robert Glendining , Chairman of the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board, is well known throughout the colony as one of the founders of the extensive firm of Messrs Ross and Glendining. He was born in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1842. After completing a public school education in his native place, he served an apprenticeship to the drapery trade, and in 1862 Sailed in the ship “Evening Star” for Dunedin. In August of the same year he and his present partner. Mr. John Ross, established a drapery business, which was sold four years later to Messrs Brown, Ewing and Company. Mr. Glendining then in conjunction with Mr. Ross founded the present business of Messrs Ross and Glendining which now has branches in all parts of the colony. Mr. Glendining is one of the Commissioners of the Dunedin City Sinking Fund, a member of the Otago Patriotic Fund Committee, a director of the National Insurance Company Local Director for the Mutual Life Association of Australia, and a director of the Pertion of Australia, and a director of the Perpetual Trustees Estate and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, and of various mining companies. He is an elder of Knox Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Church Board of Property. Mr. Glendining was married, in Melbourne, in 1867, to Miss Mary Cassels, of Dunedin, and has two sons and two daughther. One of the sons is the manager of the Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills, and the other is employed in the head office of the firm of Messrs Ross and Glendining. “Nithvale.” Mr. Glendining's private residence, is prettily situated in the North-East Valley, and has beautiful sylvan surroundings.