Gladstone: A Biography (127 page)

erysipelas
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strain and exhaustion
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unspecified complaints
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seasickness
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bronchitis
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injures eye
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gastric attacks
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lumbago
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gumboil
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hangovers
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vigour and stamina in old age
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weakness during 1880 government
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pneumonia
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ageing infirmities
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insomnia
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injures head in fall
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tonsillitis
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laryngeal catarrh
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hearing and eyesight diminish
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knocked down by cab
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influenza
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carriage accident
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eye injury from woman assailant
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knocked down by cow
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cataract operation
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terminal illness
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cancer of cheek
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Oxford honorary DCL
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declines official honours and titles
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All Souls Fellowship
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Cambridge honorary degree
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Rectorship of Edinburgh University
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made foreign associate of Institut de France
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elected Rector of Glasgow University
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classical learning and translations
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languages
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debating
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translates Farini
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essay on Tennyson
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writings
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delivers first Romanes lecture
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begins autobiography
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work on Bishop Butler
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writes on Atonement
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born
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name
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relations with brothers and sisters
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marriage
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childhood
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keeps diary
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youthful friendships
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romances
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sex life
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gauche social manner
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‘rescue’ work among prostitutes
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courts Catherine
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honeymoon
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children
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London houses
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and death of daughter Jessy
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and sister Helen’s conversion
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marriage relations
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40th birthday
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self-flagellation
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fidelity in marriage
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clubs
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daily routine
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eating habits
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defends sanctity of marriage
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portraits
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deteriorating relations with Queen
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resigns from Carlton Club
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charitable gifts
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weekending and country house visiting
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entertaining and social life
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attends Disraeli’s party
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self-assessment
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relations with Laura Thistlethwayte
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60th birthday
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misadventure with Balfour in Scotland
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works without secretary
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grandchildren
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70th birthday
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71st birthday
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and Disraeli’s death and funeral
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called ‘Grand Old Man’ by Labouchère
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relations with children
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rumoured insanity
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and Parnell divorce case
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and son Willy’s death
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conduct of life in last years
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gives up diary
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will
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death and funeral
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commission in Ionian Islands
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Newark parliamentary seat
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Europeanism
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maiden speech
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parliamentary service
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Greenwich seat
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at Board of Trade
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Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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offices
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Peel’s influence on
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threatens Peel with resignation
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and Maynooth Bill
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proposes becoming special envoy to Vatican
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and Corn Laws repeal
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loses Newark seat (1845)
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appointed Secretary for War and Colonies
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regains seat (Oxford University, 1847)
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constituency duties
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declines Stanley’s offer of office
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loses faith in Conservative causes
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accepts University reform proposals
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speaks in Don Pacifico debate
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protests at Neapolitan oppression
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speech on Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
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re-elected at Oxford
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in 1851 budget debate
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Chancellor of Exchequer under Aberdeen
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dispute with Disraeli over Chancellor’s furniture and robe
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upholds income tax
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rivalry with Disraeli
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Chancellor of Exchequer under Palmerston
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promotes Oxford University reform bill
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loses Oxford seat (1865)
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promotes civil service reform
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and collapse of Aberdeen coalition
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and formation of 1855 government
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resigns from Palmerston government
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speaking tours
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defends Palmerston in Chinese incident
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opposes divorce reform
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refuses office in Derby’s 1858 government
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rejects Disraeli’s overture
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diplomatic intervention in Vienna
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resigns Ionian commission
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proposed for throne of Greece
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opposes extension of franchise
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supports Italian unification
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discusses free trade treaty with Cobden
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opposes defence expenditure against French threat
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on American Civil War
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promotes extension of franchise
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proposes tax on charities
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popular appeal and recognition
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and defence expenditure
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leadership of Commons
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Chancellor of Exchequer under Russell
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speech on Russell’s Reform Bill
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in opposition (1866)
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and Disraeli’s 1867 Reform Bill
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lacks party support
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preoccupation with settlement in Ireland
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succeeds Russell as party leader
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parliamentary skills and control
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loses South-west Lancashire election (1868)
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elected for Greenwich (1868)
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first premiership and government (1868)
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reputation and authority
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relations with Cabinet
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introduces Irish Church Bill
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award of honours and patronage
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episcopal appointments
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and Irish land reform
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serves under Peel
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and education reform
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and Queen’s visit to dying Princess Feodore
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and Prince of Wales’s duties
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offers resignation and resumes (1872)
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and secret ballot
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speeches on Irish universities
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assumes Chancellorship of Exchequer as PM (1873)
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arraigned before House of Commons
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‘scandals’
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and question of Commons exclusion on assuming Chancellorship
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fiscal policy (1874)
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1874 election speeches
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loses 1874 election
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proposes giving up party leadership
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withdrawal from activities (1874)
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and Eastern question and Bulgarian atrocities
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hostility to Disraeli
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denounces London West End values
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receives visiting delegates at Hawarden
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demonstrations against
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Midlothian campaign and success
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plutocratic principles
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forms 1880 government
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resumes Chancellorship of Exchequer as PM (1880)
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and Dilke’s declining office in 1880 government
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indifference to economic trends
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problems during 1880 administration
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and Bradlaugh’s parliamentary oath
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speech on Affirmation Bill
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attitude to ministerial colleagues
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hostility to in second premiership
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relations with Parnell
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and Parnell’s liaison with Kitty O’Shea
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letter to Queen on position of Lords
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and redistribution of parliamentary seats
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view of Empire
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Egyptian policy
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and Sudan-Gordon affairs
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and Gordon’s death
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resigns office (1885)
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and Herbert Gladstone’s ‘Hawarden kite’
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outline plan for Irish Home Rule
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premiership and government (1886)
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and first Home Rule Bill (1886)
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dissolution after 1886 Home Rule defeat
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Party’s election defeat and resignation (1886)
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final election campaign and success (1892)
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forms 1892 government
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changes Cabinet arrangements in final government
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final legislative programme
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introduces 1893 Home Rule Bill
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commitment in 1893 session
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and disagreement over naval estimates (1893)
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Cabinet confidentiality
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final resignation
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last appearance in Commons
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and Armenian massacres
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