Francis Ullathorne Gledhill (1803 – 2 October 1882) was a New Zealand politician.
He was born in 1803 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, and came to New Zealand in 1844, settling in New Plymouth and opening a shop and the first tanning works in the area.
[1] He served in the first and third Parliaments, representing New Plymouth in the former and Omata in the latter.
[2] Between his two terms in office, he was a volunteer in the First Taranaki War.
He died in New Plymouth on 2 October 1882,[3] and was buried at Te Henui Cemetery.