1886 vote of no confidence against the government of William Gladstone
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The 1886 vote of no confidence against the government of William Ewart Gladstone
occurred when Parliament rejected the Government's Ireland Bill. The Bill was treated as a confidence vote and Gladstone resigned immediately after.
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...
occurred when Parliament rejected the Government's Ireland Bill. The Bill was treated as a confidence vote and Gladstone resigned immediately after.