  We study the Hopf algebra structure and the highest weight representation of
a multiparameter version of $U_{q}gl(2)$. The commutation relations as well as
other Hopf algebra maps are explicitly given. We show that the multiparameter
universal ${\cal R}$ matrix can be constructed directly as a quantum double
intertwiner, without using Reshetikhin's transformation. An interesting feature
automatically appears in the representation theory: it can be divided into two
types, one for generic $q$, the other for $q$ being a root of unity. When
applying the representation theory to the multiparameter universal ${\cal R}$
matrix, the so called standard and nonstandard colored solutions $R(\mu,\nu;
{\mu}', {\nu}')$ of the Yang-Baxter equation is obtained.
