William Ewart Gladstone

Title

William Ewart Gladstone

Subject

Gladstone, William Ewart, The Right Honorable, (1809-1898)

Contributor

Omeka record contributed by Vanessa Pike

Date Submitted

December 9, 2016

Birth Date

December 29, 1809

Birthplace

Liverpool, England

Death Date

May 19, 1898

Occupation

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Biographical summary

A Liverpudlian born on December 29, 1809, Gladstone was most famously known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for four terms ranging from 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886-1886, and 1892-1894. He was elected Professor of Ancient History at the Royal Academy in 1875, when he was also inducted as an Honorary Member. An established author on politics and a renowned public speaker, Gladstone’s eclectic span of interests even included collecting ancient and bric-à-brac.

Bibliography

Emerson, George Rose. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of England: A Political and Literary Biography. London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1893.
Matthew,, H. C. G. “Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–1898).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10787, accessed 8 Dec 2016]
Morley, John. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan Company, 1911.

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William Ewart Gladstone

Cite As

“William Ewart Gladstone,” Victorian Artists at Home, accessed December 1, 2023, https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/items/show/407.

Item Relations

This Item dcterms:relation Item: RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P.
This Item dcterms:relation Item: RT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P.