First Gladstone ministry
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The Conservative government under Benjamin Disraeli had been defeated at the 1868 general election, so in December 1868 the victorious William Ewart Gladstone formed his first government. He introduce
Gladstone (1874)
William Ewart Gladstone
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William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He began in politics as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Newark and ended as the f
First Gladstone ministry
…The Conservative government under Benjamin Disraeli had been defeated at the 1868 general election, so in December 1868 the victorious William Ewart Gladstone formed his first government. He introduced reforms in the British Army (including the abolition of the purchase system), the legal system (establishing…
Gladstone in 1892
Gladstone in the 1830s
A pensive Gladstone, from the book Great Britain and Her Queen, by Anne E. Keeling
Gladstone in 1859, painted by George Frederic Watts