William Ewart Gladstone

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British politician Chancellor of the Exchequer Member of Parliament Prime Minister of the United Kingdom human liberal

William Ewart Gladstone was a prominent 19th-century British statesman who served four terms as Prime Minister and became a leading figure of Victorian liberalism.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
human ⓘ
liberal ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1809-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1898-05-19 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
endTimeOfFirstTermAsPrimeMinister 1874 ⓘ
endTimeOfFourthTermAsPrimeMinister 1894 ⓘ
endTimeOfSecondTermAsPrimeMinister 1885 ⓘ
endTimeOfThirdTermAsPrimeMinister 1886 ⓘ
familyName William Ewart Gladstone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gladstone
father John Gladstone ⓘ
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
politics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName William Ewart Gladstone self-link ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor Victorian liberal reforms ⓘ
four terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
leadership of the Liberal Party ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
middleName Ewart ⓘ
monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Anne MacKenzie Robertson ⓘ
movement Liberalism ⓘ
surface form: Victorian liberalism
notableIdea Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
surface form: Irish Home Rule
notableWork Midlothian campaign ⓘ
numberOfTermsAsPrimeMinister 4 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lancashire ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
placeOfDeath Flintshire ⓘ
Hawarden ⓘ
Hawarden Castle ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) (historical)

Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Peelite ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ
Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Greenwich ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Midlothian ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Newark ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Oxford University ⓘ
Member of Parliament for South Lancashire ⓘ
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence 10 Downing Street ⓘ
Hawarden Castle ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature Signature of William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
spouse Catherine Gladstone ⓘ
startTimeOfFirstTermAsPrimeMinister 1868 ⓘ
startTimeOfFourthTermAsPrimeMinister 1892 ⓘ
startTimeOfSecondTermAsPrimeMinister 1880 ⓘ
startTimeOfThirdTermAsPrimeMinister 1886 ⓘ

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Eton College → alumnus → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Gladstone
Peelite Conservatives → associatedWith → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Reform Act 1867 → associatedWithPolitician → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone → familyName → William Ewart Gladstone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone → fullName → William Ewart Gladstone self-link ⓘ
Christ Church, Oxford → hasNotableAlumnus → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Gladstone
Chief Secretary for Ireland → hasNotableOfficeHolder → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) → keyPrimeMinister → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Gladstone, Oregon → namedAfter → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Alfred, Lord Tennyson → nominatedBy → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Gladstone
Victorian era → notableFigure → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) → notableLeader → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) → officeHolder → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery → precededBy → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
1st Earl of Selborne → servedInCabinetOf → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
Representation of the People Act 1884 → sponsoredBy → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Benjamin Disraeli → succeededBy → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
Peelite Conservatives → supportedLeader → William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ