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William Gladstone
(1809-98)
Other names: William Ewart[F76]
Positions Held
MP of Midlothian, 1880[F76]
Prime Minister of Britain, 1868-74, 1880-85 res., 1886 res., 1892-94 res.[F76]
First lord of the Treasury, 1868[F76]
Leader of the Liberal Party, 1867, 1886-92[F76]
MP for Oxford University, 1859-65[F76]
Lord high commissioner of the Ionian Islands, 1859[F76]
Commissioner-extraordinary to the Ionian Islands, 1858[F76]
Chancellor of the exchequer, 1852-55 res., 1859-66, 1880-82 res.[F76]
MP for Oxford University, 1847[F76]
Secretary of state for war and the colonies, 1845-46[F76]
Master of the Royal Mint, 1843-45, res.[F76]
President of the Board of Trade, 1843-45 res.[F76]
Vice-president of the Board of Trade, 1841[F76]
Under-secretary for war and the colonies, 1835[F76]
A commissioner of the Treasury, 1834-35[F76]
Entered Lincoln's Inn (never called to the bar), 1833[F76]
MP for Newark, 1833-45[F76]
Author[F76]
Biographical
Expressed his support of American Jefferson Davis in 1862 which he was
later to regret.[F76]
The British invasion occupation of Egypt was carried out under his premiership
in 1882.[F76]
Survived a censure motion brought against him in 1885 after the murder
of General Gordon.[F76]
Introduced the Irish Home Rule Bill of 1886, which was not passed and
he resigned as prime minister.[F76]
His Government of Ireland Bill of 1892 was rejected.[F76]
Declined a peerage in 1874, 1885 and in 1894.[F76]
Place of birth: Liverpool, England[F76]
Place of marriage: Hawarden, Flintshire[F76]
Place of death: Hawarden Castle, Flintshire[F76]
Place of burial: Westminster Abbey, London[F76] |
