Gladstone: A Biography (123 page)

and Franco-Prussian war,
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,
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,
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on Disraeli
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reputation
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non-interference in Egypt
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on Russell’s 1851 government
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on Disraeli’s maintaining power
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on WEG’s intervention in Public Worship Bill
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on WEG-Disraeli hostility
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on Disraeli’s 1880 defeat
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parliamentary oath
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,
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,
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,
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re-elected
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in Don Pacifico debate
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opposes Russell’s Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
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,
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eloquence
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represents Manchester
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loses seat (1857)
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on Disraeli’s Second Reform Bill
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supports new Liberal Party
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and fall of Derby government
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and Cobden’s trade treaty with France
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on WEG’s rash speech on American Civil War
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coins Adullamite epithet
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and popular demands for reform
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as President of Board of Trade
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,
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WEG’s relations with
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,
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WEG consults over honours
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advocates non-interference in foreign affairs
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and WEG’s education reform proposals
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retires
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and WEG’s possible exclusion on assuming Chancellorship
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and 1874 election
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sits with WEG on opposition benches
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WEG’s rupture with
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visits WEG after Midlothian success
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in WEG’s 1880 government
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decline
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and Bradlaugh oath question
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and WEG’s Egypt policy
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,
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condemns bombardment of Alexandria
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separates from WEG over Home Rule
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WEG meets before opening of 1886 Parliament
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absent from 1886 Address vote
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declines to serve in 1886 government
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votes against First Home Rule Bill
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WEG rebukes for slur on honour
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death
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disagrees with Peel
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WEG stays with
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,
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elected Chancellor of Glasgow University
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and WEG’s Midlothian campaign
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Education Act (1944)
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awards honorary degree to WEG
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reforms
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as Liberal PM
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,
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,
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in WEG’s 1892 government
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,
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and 1905 dissolution
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poor health
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honours Brassey
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and Irish Bill (1893)
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Fenian attack on
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dominion status
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at Christ Church
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in Palmerston’s 1855 government
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as Governor-General of India
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death
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WEG’s father entertains
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WEG’s devotion to
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and Castlereagh
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holds multiple offices
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dropped as Oxford candidate
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and fall of Derby government
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in Palmerston’s 1859 government
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and repeal of paper duties
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and death of colleagues
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visit to Rome and Paris
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,
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in WEG’s Cabinet
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passed over for Chancellor of Exchequer
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,
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and WEG’s proposed reductions in service expenditure
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,
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as Chief Secretary for Ireland
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,
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,
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refuses to resign as Privy Seal
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and Sudan affairs
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1886 withdrawal
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WEG’s membership of
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,
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WEG resigns from
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WEG occupies no.11
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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WEG sells lease of no.11
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,
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,
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WEG stays with friends in
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,
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resists household suffrage
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resigns as Colonial Secretary (1878)
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meets Parnell as Irish Viceroy
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favours Home Rule
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resigns as Irish Viceroy
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,
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marriage to Lucy Lyttelton
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,
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WEG stays with in London
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,
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at Chatsworth
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accompanies WEG to theatre
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WEG dines with
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,
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assassinated
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,
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,
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WEG meets
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,
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death
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sits for single constituency
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WEG’s relations with
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and school education
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criticizes WEG’s fiscal proposals in 1873 election address
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and Turkish question
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WEG stays with in Birmingham
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defects from WEG
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,
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,
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view of Bright
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animosity with Forster
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in WEG’s 1880 government
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,
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Queen dislikes
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early parliamentary performance
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lacks classical learning
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alliance with Hartington
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,
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hostility to WEG
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and WEG’s Irish legislation
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,
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and Captain O’Shea
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on Parnell’s denunciation of Cavendish murder
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partisanship
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launches ‘unauthorized programme’
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hopes for conflict with Lords
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provokes Queen’s complaints to WEG
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attacks hereditary aristocracy
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and Birmingham riot over Churchill and Northcote
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and Redistribution of Seats Bill
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imperialism
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and Gordon in Sudan
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proposes Irish local government reform
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threatens resignation (1885)
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and Home Rule question
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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visits Hawarden
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WEG meets before opening of 1886 Parliament
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joins and leaves WEG’s 1886 government
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supposed slight by WEG
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WEG encourages gulf with Hartington
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implacability
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,
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and Irish Land Bill
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votes against First Home Rule Bill
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in 1886 election
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and proposed Liberal reunion
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relishes Parnell’s downfall
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alliance with Salisbury
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hostility to Parnell
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attacks 1893 Home Rule Bill
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