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Hace 2 días · William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (⫽ ˈ ɡ l æ d s t ən ⫽ GLAD-stən; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 12 years, spread over four non-consecutive terms (the most of any British prime minister) beginning in 1868 ...
Hace 5 días · Gladstone, who had gone into retirement as Liberal leader in 1875, was slower to respond to the issue than many of his followers, but, once roused, he emerged from retirement, wrote an immensely influential pamphlet on the atrocities, and led a public campaign on the platform and in the press.
Hace 4 días · A leading Peelite was William Gladstone, who was a reforming Chancellor of the Exchequer in most of these governments. The formal foundation of the Liberal Party is traditionally traced to 1859 when the remaining Peelites, Radicals and Whigs agreed to vote down the incumbent Conservative government.
Hace 2 días · The opium trade faced intense enmity from the later British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. As a member of Parliament, Gladstone called it "most infamous and atrocious" referring to the opium trade between China and British India in particular.
29 de jun. de 2024 · “His early career offers a clue to the fact that he has a few qualities associated with that great liberal reformer William Gladstone. That idea should terrify the Tories.
Hace 15 horas · Christian David Ginsburg’s Journey from Warsaw to England’s Ivory Tower. Born to a Jewish family in Warsaw, David Ginsburg (1831–1914) was baptized as a teenager, adding “Christian” to the beginning of his name. Unlike many Jews who joined the church in the 19th century, Ginsburg appears to have converted out of conviction.
23 de jun. de 2024 · Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish Nationalist, member of the British Parliament (1875–91), and the leader of the struggle for Irish Home Rule in the late 19th century. In 1889–90 he was ruined by proof of his adultery with Katherine O’Shea, whom he subsequently married.
