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William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister and writer

Sitter associated with 266 portraits
The grand old man of British politics; leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister in four governments from 1868 to 1894; responsible for major reforms in every sphere of national life, and for the development of imperial foreign policy; divided the party on the issue of the Irish Home Rule; stamped his moral authority on the politics of his time; a considerable scholar and author in his own right.

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William Ewart Gladstone

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
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William Ewart Gladstone

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
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William Ewart Gladstone

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
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Joe Chamberlain, Gladstone, Balfour, Harcourt et al

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
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William Ewart Gladstone; Joe Chamberlain

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
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Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888

after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
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Gladstone
Related People
Mary Drew (née Gladstone) (daughter)
Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (son)
Henry Neville Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden (son)
Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne) (wife)
Constance Gertrude Gladstone (granddaughter)
Evelyn Catherine Gladstone (granddaughter)
Helen Gladstone (daughter)
Sir John Gladstone (father)
Stephen Deiniol Gladstone (grandson)
Stephen Edward Gladstone (son)
Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Bt (brother)
William Glynne Charles Gladstone (grandson)
William Henry Gladstone (son)
Dorothy Mary Catherine ('Dossie') Parish (née Drew) (granddaughter)
Agnes Wickham (née Gladstone) (daughter)
Lucy C. Wickham (granddaughter)
Margaret Wickham (granddaughter)
William G. Wickham (grandson)
Category
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
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Place
Merseyside