William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone was a British United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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 Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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 . He was a notable political reformer, known for his populist speeches, and was for many years the main political rival of Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

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Timeline

1809   Born

1876   Gladstone publishes ''Bulgarian Horrors'' pamphlet.

1886   August 4 ? William Ewart Gladstone fails to secure enough support for the Irish Home Rule in the British parliament

1892   William Ewart Gladstone assumes British premiership at head of Liberal government with Irish Nationalist Party support.

1898   Died


Quotations

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

Speech, Liverpool (1886-06-28)

At last, my friends, I am come amongst you. And I am come...'unmuzzled'.

Speech to the electors of South Lancashire. (1865-07-18).

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

Speech, Plumstead (1878-11-30)

I venture to say that every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger is morally entitled to come within the pale of the Constitution.

Speech in the House of Commons (1864-05-11).

The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds & because it tends to public economy.

Letter to H. C. E. Childers (1873-04-02).

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William Ewart Gladstone was a British United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

| align="center" colspan="2"| United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland
... 

 Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [i] is in... 

 . He was a notable political reformer, known for his populist speeches, and was for many years the main political rival of Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG [i], PC [i] ... 

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