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[Up] [Dromo's Den] William Gladstone Biography Gladstone, William Ewart, a British statesman; born in Liverpool Dec. 29, 1809, of Scottish parents. His political career began in 1833, and up to the time of his death in 1898, he held a prominent, and often leading place in public affairs as Prime Minister. He brought about the gradual enfranchisement of the masses, equal taxation, popular education, free trade, financial reform, etc., and almost succeeded in obtaining home rule for Ireland. But his foreign policy was weak, and lacking in foresight; the maintenance of peace was dearer to him than national prestige, and his vacillation was the cause later of the Sudan and South African troubles. Still, as "The Grand Old Man," his memory is cherished among the English masses. Died May 19, 1898, at Hawarden Castle, his Welsh residence; buried in Westminster Abbey. People’s Cyclopedia, Vol. II (New York: Syndicate Publishing, 1914) |