Gladstone: A Biography (128 page)

Religious life

Travels

Works

rides with father
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Oxford degree
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,
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parliamentary career
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,
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,
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,
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tree-felling with WEG
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,
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,
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inherits Hawarden
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,
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,
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predeceases parents
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,
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,
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accompanies WEG to Germany
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assists WEG
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marriage
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relations with father in old age
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interests
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annuity from WEG
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WEG elected Rector
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WEG’s address to
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European holiday
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private language
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and Hawarden
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,
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,
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,
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,
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parliamentary career
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income
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and Oak Farm debts
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loses parliamentary seat (1841),
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, (1857)
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death
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,
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election expenses
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and Chancellor’s robes
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and university reform
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and WEG’s proposed reduction in service expenditure
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replaces Layard in Constantinople
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and Home Rule question
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votes with Conservatives
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declines to form coalition government (1886)
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votes against First Home Rule Bill
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as Chancellor under Salisbury
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and WEG’s
State and Church
book
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death
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,
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,
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at Peel’s funeral
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on WEG’s working efficiency
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and Peel’s defeat
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in Aberdeen ministry
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criticizes WEG’s 1853 budget
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and WEG’s civil service reform proposals
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and Crimean War
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in Palmerston’s 1855 government
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,
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illness
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refuses office in Derby’s 1858 government
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advises against WEG’s commission in Ionian Islands
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and beginnings of Liberal Party
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and fall of Derby government
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WEG consults
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caution on major bills
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on WEG’s over-reacting
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and WEG’s work among prostitutes
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and WEG’s 1853 budget
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supports WEG’s civil service reform proposals
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in Palmerston’s 1859 government
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character
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WEG’s relations with
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,
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and repeal of paper duties
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as Foreign Secretary
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,
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,
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as Colonial Secretary under WEG
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,
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deputizes for WEG
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,
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as Warden of Cinque Ports
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,
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finances
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on Irish Land Bill
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,
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takes WEG to Epsom for Derby
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WEG visits at Walmer
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Queen complains of
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WEG complains to of Queen’s treatment
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calls meeting on commercial treaty with French republic
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and WEG’s 1873 resumption of office
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and WEG’s possible exclusion on assuming Chancellorship
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WEG stays with in London
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and Bulgarian question
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reassures Hartington
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and condemnation of Turkey
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Chamberlain opposes
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health decline
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and anti-Hartington rally
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and Hartington’s Prime Ministerial ambitions
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and WEG’s 1880 premiership and government
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,
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,
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Queen summons
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ambitions for premiership
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Queen favours
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defends WEG against Chamberlain and Dilke
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at WEG’s New Year’s Eve dinner (1880/1)
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and cession of Dulcigno
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and Queen’s imperialist views
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and Gordon
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,
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and Sudan affairs
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and Irish local government reform
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visits Chatsworth
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and Home Rule question
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,
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WEG meets before opening of 1886 Parliament
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in WEG’s 1886 government
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moves from Foreign to Colonial Office (1886)
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death
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estate and impoverishment
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WEG represents as MP
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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 declares resignation from
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WEG corresponds with in French
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and Princesse de Lieven
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WEG calls on
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rebukes WEGfor letter to Aberdeen
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letter from WEG on Ireland
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in Aberdeen ministry
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Disraeli recommends WEG to
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as Chancellor
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criticizes WEG’s 1853 budget
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and Indian civil service reform
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visits WEG from Windsor
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in WEG’s government
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at Eton with WEG
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at Cambridge
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WEG’s affection for
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,
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,
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,
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,
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warns WEG of work among prostitutes
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on WEG’s presentation of figures
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and Disraeli’s funeral
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pictured with WEG
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diaries
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as WEG’s private secretary
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on Carlingford’s reluctance to resign
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on WEG’s relations with Queen
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on WEG’s admiration for Parnell
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expects WEG’s retirement
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on WEG’s 1884 Franchise Bill speeches
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and Queen’s proposals on 1884 Reform Bill
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on Lords and 1884 Franchise Bill
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on WEG’s success with Franchise Bill
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and WEG’s reaction to Tel-el-Kebir victory
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on Gordon
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,
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on ministerial resignations (1885)
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on WEG’s 1885 election speeches
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on Herbert Gladstone’s leak (‘Hawarden kite’)
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sceptical of Home Rule
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,
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on first Home Rule Bill
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,
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confuses figures
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& n,
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on Parnell’s ovation in Commons
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and WEG’s 1892 election campaign
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and WEG’s physical condition in old age
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on Rosebery
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suggests relieving WEG of responsible office
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leaves WEG’s service on promotion
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and naval estimates dispute
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,
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on confidentiality of WEG’s Cabinets
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on WEG’s vacillations
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and WEG’s decline
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