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Gladstone also opposed Chancellor Sir William Harcourt's proposal to implement a graduated death duty. In a fragment of autobiography dated 25 July 1894, Gladstone denounced the tax as In a fragment of autobiography dated 25 July 1894, Gladstone denounced the tax as
Arms of Sir William Gladstone, KG, the seventh Baronet The Gladstone Baronetcy , of Fasque and Balfour in the County of Kincardine , is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 18 July 1846 for the Scottish businessman slave-owner and politician John Gladstone , [ 1 ] father of four-time prime minister William Ewart ...
Gladstone was the son of Sir Charles Gladstone and Isla Margaret Gladstone (née Crum), and a great-grandson of the former prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. He was educated at Eton, and joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1943 and saw action in World War II, mainly based on destroyers in the Indian Ocean.
William Ewart Gladstone was the Liberal prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on four separate occasions between 1868 and 1894. He was noted for his moralistic leadership and his emphasis on world peace, economical budgets, political reform and efforts to resolve the Irish question.
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Other notable alumni include entrepreneur and founder of Pennsylvania William Penn, broadcaster David Dimbleby, composer Sir William Walton and the writers Lewis Carroll and W. H. Auden. The college accepted men only for over four centuries, until 1980, [ 6 ] which explains the dearth of women on this list of notable alumni.
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) served four terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1868 and 1894. [1] One of outstanding political figures of Victorian England, he sought to reform the electoral franchise through the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the introduction of secret ballots; [2] pursued free trade [3] and attempted to "pacify Ireland" through Home Rule. [4]
William Gladstone [a] 15 August 1892 – 2 March 1894 The Earl of Rosebery [b] 5 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir William Vernon Harcourt [c] 18 August 1892 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury: Edward Marjoribanks [d] 18 August 1892 T. E. Ellis: 10 March 1894 Financial Secretary to the Treasury: Sir John ...