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William Gladstone was educated from 1816 to 1821 at a preparatory school at the vicarage of St. Thomas' Church at Seaforth, ... Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
After campaigning against the foreign policy of the Beaconsfield ministry, William Gladstone led the Liberal Party to victory in the 1880 general election.The nominal leader of the Party, Lord Hartington, resigned in Gladstone's favour and Gladstone was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time by Queen Victoria.
He continued to play a conspicuous part throughout the parliament of 1880–85, targeting William Ewart Gladstone as well as the Conservative front bench, some of whose members, particularly Sir Richard Cross and William Henry Smith, he singled out for attack when they opposed the reduced Army estimates. [5]
Gladstonian liberalism is a political doctrine named after the British Victorian Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone.Gladstonian liberalism consisted of limited government expenditure and low taxation whilst making sure government had balanced budgets and the classical liberal stress on self-help and freedom of choice.
Churchill was haunted by Marigold's death for the rest of his life. [213] Churchill was involved in negotiations with Sinn Féin leaders and helped draft the Anglo-Irish Treaty. [214] He was responsible for reducing the cost of occupying the Middle East, [211] and was involved in the installations of Faisal I of Iraq and Abdullah I of Jordan. [215]
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.
The 1880 United Kingdom general election was held from 31 March to 27 April 1880. It saw the Liberal opposition triumph with 352 seats.. Its intense rhetoric was led by the Midlothian campaign of the Liberals, particularly the fierce oratory of Liberal leader William Gladstone. [2]
William Ewart Gladstone: 3 December 1868 17 February 1874 Buckinghamshire: Buckinghamshire: Benjamin Disraeli: 20 February 1874 21 August 1876 Created Earl of Beaconsfield on 21 August 1876 Earl of Beaconsfield: House of Lords: The Earl of Beaconsfield: 21 August 1876 21 April 1880 See previous entry. Midlothian: Edinburgh: William Ewart ...