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30. Murderer of Gordon?

1
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1880–1885
, I, p. 65.

2
Commons Hansard for 14 June 1882.

3
Diaries
, X, pp. 290–1.

4
Ibid
., p. 292.

5
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1880–1885
, I, p. 340.

6
Diaries
, X, p. 335.

7
Ibid
., XI, p. 218.

8
Matthew,
Gladstone 1875–1898
, pp. 135–6.

9
Pollock,
Gordon: The Man Behind the Legend
, pp. 139–40.

10
Jenkins,
Sir Charles Dilke
, p. 179.

11
Ramm (ed.),
Political Correspondence of Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville
, II, p. 150.

12
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1880–1885
, II, p. 545.

13
Ramm (ed.),
Political Correspondence of Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville
, II, p. 151.

14
Dilke Papers, British Museum, 43938 76.

15
Ibid
., 43926 30.

16
Diaries
, XI, p. 182.

17
Pollock,
Gordon: The Man Behind the Legend
, p. 301.

18
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1880–1885
, II, p. 788.

19
Guedalla (ed.),
The Queen and Mr Gladstone
, II, p. 326.

20
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1880–1885
, II, p. 789.

21
Guedalla (ed.),
The Queen and Mr Gladstone
, II, p. 326.

22
Diaries
, XI, p. 289.

23
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1880–1885
, II, p. 797.

24
Diaries
, XI, p. 354.

25
Ibid
., p. 362.

31. Slow Road to Damascus

1
Diaries
, XI, p. 359.

2
Matthew,
Gladstone 1875–1898
, p. 286.

3
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 17.

4
Diaries
, XI, p. 378.

5
Ibid
., p. 456.

6
Ramm (ed.),
Political Correspondence of Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville
, II,p. 414.

7
Ibid
.

8
Diaries
, XI, p. 443.

9
Ibid
., pp. 447–8.

10
Ibid
., p. 455.

11
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 2nd Series, III, p. 711.

12
Quoted in Hammond,
Gladstone and the Irish Nation
, pp. 449–50.

13
Ibid
., p. 445.

14
Diaries
, XI, p. 448.

15
Ibid
., p. 450n.

16
Hammond,
Gladstone and the Irish Nation
, p. 440.

17
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
,p. 14.

18
The whole letter is reproduced in Appendix I of
Diaries
, XI, pp. 663–7.

19
This paper is published in full in
ibid
., pp. 429–30.

20
Parnell’s paper is given in Hammond,
Gladstone and the Irish Nation
, pp. 422–3.

21
Diaries
, XI, p. 425.

22
Ibid
., p. 411.

32. Schism and Failure

1
Brooke and Sorenson (eds),
The Prime Ministers’ Papers: W. E. Gladstone
, I, p. 110.

2
Diaries
, XI, p. 484.

3
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, I, p. 34.

4
Ibid
., p. 35.

5
Diaries
, XI, p. 485.

6
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, I, p. 36.

7
Garvin and Amery,
Life of Joseph Chamberlain
, II, p. 172.

8
Dilke Papers, British Museum, 43927 25.

9
Ramm (ed.),
Political Correspondence of Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville
, II, p. 445.

10
Marsh,
Joseph Chamberlain
, p. 222.

11
Hammond,
Gladstone and the Irish Nation
, p. 493.

12
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, pp. 33–4.

13
Diaries
, XI, p. 526.

14
Tilney Bassett (ed.),
Gladstone’s Speeches
, p. 644.

15
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 34.

16
Diaries
, XI, p. 549.

17
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 36.

18
Diaries
, XI, p. 567.

19
Ibid
., p. 581.

20
Ibid
., p. 585.

21
Ibid
., p. 583.

22
Ibid
., pp. 579–80.

23
Ibid
., p. 592.

24
Memorandum by Gladstone quoted in Morley,
Life of Gladstone
, III, pp. 347–8.

25
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, I, pp. 168–9.

26
Diaries
, XI, p. 583.

27
Ibid
., p. 594.

33. ‘The Union – and Disunion – of Hearts’

1
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, I, p. 658.

2
Diaries
, XII, pp. 209–10.

3
Matthew,
Gladstone 1875–1898
, p. 301.

4
Diaries
, XII, p. 193.

5
Ibid
., p. 254.

6
Kee,
The Laurel and the Ivy
, p. 548.

7
Ibid
.

8
Morley,
Life of Gladstone
, III, p. 435.

9
Ibid
., p. 431.

10
Kee,
The Laurel and the Ivy
, p. 557.

11
Methodist Times
, 20 November 1890.

12
Birrell,
Gladstone
, p. 125.

13
Hammond,
Gladstone and the Irish Nation
, p. 666.

14
Diaries
, XII, p. 340.

15
Lyons,
Charles Stewart Parnell
, p. 468.

34. The Leaden Victory

1
Diaries
, XII, pp. 258–9.

2
Ibid
., p. 350.

3
Morley,
Life of Gladstone
, III, pp. 452–3.

4
Shakespeare’s
Henry VIII
, Act III, scene ii.

5
Diaries
, XII, p. 354.

6
Tilney Bassett (ed.),
Gladstone to His Wife
, p. 254.

7
Diaries
, XII, p. 270.

8
Ibid
., p. 407.

9
Ibid
., p. 393n.

10
Ibid
., p. 370.

11
Ibid
., p. 410.

12
Ibid
., XIII, p. 36.

13
Report in
The Times
, 27 June 1892.

14
Diaries
, XIII, p. 36.

15
Ibid
., p. 37.

16
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 158.

17
Diaries
, XIII, pp. 38–9.

18
Ibid
., p. 42.

19
Ibid
., p. 43.

20
L. V. Harcourt’s unpublished diary (Harcourt papers).

21
Magnus,
Gladstone
, p. 293.

22
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 159.

23
Diaries
, XIII, pp. 46–7.

24
Ibid
., p. 51.

25
Ibid
., p. 58.

26
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 159.

27
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, II, p. 132.

28
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 172.

29
Ibid
., p. 176.

30
Diaries
, XIII, p. 67.

31
Magnus,
Gladstone
, p. 403.

32
Diaries
, XIII, p. 113.

33
The Times
, 25 October 1892.

34
The memorandum is published in full in
Diaries
, XIII, pp. 122–6.

35
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, II, p. 176.

36
Diaries
, XIII, p. 138.

37
Ibid
., p. 149.

38
Ibid
., pp. 161–3.

39
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 165.

40
Ibid
., p. 176.

35. Last Exit to Hawarden

1
Diaries
, XIII, p. 178.

2
Ibid
., p. 193.

3
Ibid
., p. 194.

4
Ibid
., p. 201.

5
Morley,
Life of Gladstone
, III, p. 499.

6
Diaries
, XIII, p. 236.

7
Morley,
Life of Gladstone
, III, p. 501.

8
Magnus,
Gladstone
, p. 417.

9
Diaries
, XIII, p. 271.

10
Commons Hansard for 27 July 1893.

11
Diaries
, XIII, p. 272.

12
Ibid
., p. 285.

13
Ibid
., p. 286.

14
Ibid
., p. 288.

15
Ibid
., p. 290.

16
Ibid
., p. 341.

17
Ibid
., p. 342.

18
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 237.

19
Ibid
., p. 236.

20
Ibid
., p. 247.

21
Ibid
., p. 217.

22
Diaries
, XIII, p. 349.

23
From Morley’s diary for 8 January 1894, cited in Matthew,
Gladstone 1875–1898
, p. 350.

24
Ibid
.

25
Diaries
, XIII, p. 353.

26
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 225.

27
Ibid
., p. 233.

28
Ibid
., p. 234.

29
Diaries
, XIII, pp. 363–4.

30
Ibid
., p. 375.

31
Ibid
., p. 378.

32
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, p. 238.

33
Diaries
, XIII, pp. 385–6.

34
Asquith,
Fifty Years of Parliament
, I, pp. 216–17.

35
Commons Hansard for 1 March 1894.

36
Diaries
, XIII, p. 390.

37
Ibid
., pp. 389–90.

36. The Closing of the Doors of the Senses

1
Mary Drew,
Diaries and Letters
, p. 425.

2
Diaries
, XIII, p. 419.

3
Ibid
., p. 426.

4
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, III, p. 146.

5
Brooke and Sorenson (eds),
The Prime Ministers’ Papers: W. E. Gladstone
, I, pp. 173–4.

6
Diaries
, XIII, p. 423.

7
Ibid
.

8
Matthew,
Gladstone 1875–1898
, pp. 375–6.

9
Diaries
, XIII, p. 427.

10
Magnus,
Gladstone
, p. 433.

11
James,
Rosebery
, p. 392.

12
Morley,
Life of Gladstone
, III, p. 525.

13
Bahlmann (ed.),
The Diary of Sir Edward Walter Hamilton 1885–1906
, pp. 344–5.

14
Letters of Queen Victoria
, 3rd Series, III, pp. 249–50.

E
NDNOTES

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