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Jul 6, 2024 · Yet Herbert Gladstone did more than any Liberal to ensure that the party was in a fit state to fight the election campaign, form an administration that included all the leading talents, represent all shades of Liberal opinion and present itself to the electorate as a sound party of government.
Jul 6, 2024 · On Gladstone becoming First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer in April, 1880, he took up his residence at No. 10, Downing Street, leaving No. 11 to be occupied by his secretarial staff. (fn. n38)
3 days ago · In 1868, Gladstone became prime minister for the first time. Many reforms were passed during his first ministry, including the disestablishment of the Church of Irelandand the introduction of secret voting. After electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party.
2 days ago · Viscountess Gladstone i.e. Lady Dorothy Mary Gladstone nee Paget the widow of Herbert John Gladstone the 1st Viscount Gladstone. She was President of the Women’s Liberal Federation.
3 days ago · He believed rightly that many of them were Conservatives already by instinct and allegiance, but in 1868, in the first general election under the new system, it was Gladstone who was returned as prime minister.
Jul 5, 2024 · William Ewart Gladstone was a statesman and four-time prime minister of Great Britain (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886, 1892–94). Gladstone was of purely Scottish descent. His father, John, made himself a merchant prince and was a member of Parliament (1818–27). Gladstone was sent to Eton, where he did not.
2 days ago · In practice the First Lord acquired an ascendancy over his colleagues from an early date, due to his political prominence and to the fact that he customarily communicated the decisions of the Board to the King.
