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  1. William Ewart Gladstone - Wikipedia

    • For the purposes of recreation he has selected the felling of trees; and we may usefully remark that his amusements, like his politics, are essentially destructive. Every afternoon the whole world is invited to assist at the crashing fall of some beech or elm or oak. The forest laments in order that Mr Gladstone may perspire." [51]… 展开

    Overview

    William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 12 years, spread over four non-consecutive term… 展开

    Early life

    Born on 29 December 1809 in Liverpool, at 62 Rodney Street, William Ewart Gladstone was the fourth son of the wealthy merchant, planter and Tory politician John Gladstone, and his second wife, Anne MacKenzie Robertson. He w… 展开

    House of Commons

    When Gladstone was 22 the Duke of Newcastle, a Conservative party activist, provided him with one of two seats at Newark where he controlled about a fourth of the very small electorate. The Duke spent thousand… 展开

    Minister under Peel (1841–1846)

    Gladstone was re-elected in 1841. In the second ministry of Robert Peel, he served as President of the Board of Trade (1843–1845).
    Gladstone was responsible for the Railways Act 1844, … 展开

     
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