William Ewart Gladstone
British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)
William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Victorian politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the Liberal Party in four terms between 1868 and 1894.[1]
William Ewart Gladstone | |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 3 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Disraeli |
| In office 23 April 1880 – 9 June 1885 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| In office 1 February 1886 – 20 July 1886 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| In office 15 August 1892 – 2 March 1894 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Rosebery |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 28 December 1852 – 28 February 1855 | |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Succeeded by | George Cornewall Lewis |
| In office 18 June 1859 – 26 June 1866 | |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Disraeli |
| In office 11 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Robert Lowe |
| Succeeded by | Stafford Northcote |
| In office 28 April 1880 – 16 December 1882 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Stafford Northcote |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Childers |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | |
| In office 23 December 1845 – 27 June 1846 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Peel |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Derby |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Grey |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 15 May 1843 – 5 February 1845 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Peel |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Ripon |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Dalhousie |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 8 January 1833 – 30 January 1846 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Wilde |
| Succeeded by | John Stuart |
| Constituency | Newark |
| In office 26 August 1847 – 7 August 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Grimston Estcourt |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Gibson-Carmichael |
| Constituency | Oxford University (1847–65) South Lancashire (1865–68) Greenwich (1868–80) Midlothian (1880–95) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1809 62 Rodney Street, Liverpool, England |
| Died | 19 May 1898 (aged 88) Hawarden Castle, Wales |
| Resting place | Westminster Abbey |
| Nationality | British |
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| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 8, including |
| Parents | Sir John Gladstone (father) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Signature |  |
His career lasted more than 60 years. He served as Liberal Prime Minister four times. This was more than any other person (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). Gladstone was 84 years old when he resigned for the last time. This made him Britain's oldest ever Prime Minister. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times (1853–1855, 1859–1866, 1873–1874 and 1880–1882).
Gladstone was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
References
change- ↑ UK Parliament. "Mr W.E. Gladstone (Hansard)". Retrieved 9 April 2020.
Other websites
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Media related to William Ewart Gladstone at Wikimedia Commons
Works written by or about William Ewart Gladstone at Wikisource
Quotations related to William Ewart Gladstone at Wikiquote- Works by William Ewart Gladstone at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about William Ewart Gladstone at Internet Archive
- Works by William Ewart Gladstone at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- "Archival material relating to William Ewart Gladstone". UK National Archives.
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