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His term saw the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880, the First Boer War of 1880–1881 and outbreak of the war (1881–1899) against the Mahdi in Sudan. [ 1 ] Paul Hayes says it "provides one of the most intriguing and perplexing tales of muddle and incompetence in foreign affairs, unsurpassed in modern political history until the days ...
Gladstone similarly refused to speak out against the persecution of Romanian Jews in the 1870s and Russian Jews in the early 1880s.< In response, the Jewish Chronicle attacked Gladstone in 1888, arguing that "Are we, because there was once a Liberal Party, to bow down and worship Gladstone – the great Minister who was too Christian in his ...
Gladstone as a child in 1887 with his famous grandfather. Gladstone was born on 14 July 1885. [3] His father, William Henry Gladstone (1840–1891), was the eldest son of the Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and his wife Catherine, and his mother was the Hon. Gertrude Gladstone, daughter of Charles Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre.
In 2006 he was made Head of the School of History and Archives in University College Dublin. [2] Aldous has written books about Malcolm Sargent , Harold Macmillan , a twin-biography of Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone , a study of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher's political relationship, a book on JFK's treasury secretary C. Douglas ...
The Midlothian campaign of 1878–80 was a series of foreign policy speeches given by William Gladstone, former leader of Britain's Liberal Party. Organised by the Earl of Rosebery as a media event, it is often cited as the first modern political campaign. [1] [2] It also set the stage for
Gladstone's Cabinet of 1868, painted by Lowes Cato Dickinson. [2] Use a cursor to see who is who. [3] † The Earl de Grey was created the Marquess of Ripon in 1871. ‡ Henry Austin Bruce was created Baron Aberdare in 1873. William Gladstone served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between August 1873 and ...
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.
The 1880 United Kingdom general election was a general election in the United Kingdom held from 31 March to 27 April 1880.. Its intense rhetoric was led by the Midlothian campaign of the Liberals, particularly the fierce oratory of Liberal leader William Gladstone. [2]