Gladstone: A Biography (132 page)

appointed First Lord of Admiralty
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and Sudan affairs
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1886 withdrawal
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contributes to Granville estate
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WEG requests renewal of secretarial services
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and civil service reform
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in Irish Church Bill debate
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and
Alabama
settlement
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WEG defeats for Rectorship of Glasgow University
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as party leader in Commons
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and malt tax
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and Bradlaugh oath question
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Lord Randolph Churchill humiliates
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and Disraeli’s funeral
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WEG’s view of
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provokes riot in Birmingham
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and redistribution of parliamentary seats
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leaves husband
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appeals to WEG for help (1881)
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Parnell marries
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WEG at (Christ Church)
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Union Society
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WEG represents as MP
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Peel sits for
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religious controversies at
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grants honorary degree to WEG
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reforms
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WEG defeated at (1865)
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Heathcote sits for
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religious requirements
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and Ewelme appointments
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goodwill message to dying WEG
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see also
Romanes Lecture

parliamentary and ministerial career
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WEG attacks over Opium War
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WEG dislikes
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Whiggism
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Grey’s hostility to
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and Don Pacifico
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supports WEG over Neapolitan protest
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congratulates Louis Napoleon
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defeats Russell on Militia Bill
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dismissed by Russell
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not in Derby’s 1851 government
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influence
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and WEG’s 1853 budget
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relations with WEG
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forms 1855 government
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and Foreign Office reform
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opposes civil service reform proposals
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and Crimean War
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and collapse of Aberdeen coalition
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succeeds Russell as leader of Commons
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1857 election victory
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acts against Chinese for supposed piracy
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resigns over Conspiracy to Murder Bill
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transfers Ionian Islands to Greece
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WEG’s agreements with
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opposes Disraeli’s 1859 Reform Bill
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Tiverton speech on Italy
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and beginnings of Liberal Party
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and fall of Derby government
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forms 1859 government
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WEG serves under as Chancellor of Exchequer
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death and funeral
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economic policy and budgeting
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on keeping WEG in Oxford constituency
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on WEG’s ambitions
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and Italy
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WEG toasts
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Cobden declines offer to join government
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urges defences against French war threat
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and WEG’s 1860 budget
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opposes repeal of paper duties
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qualities as Prime Minister
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desire to end slave trade
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working relations with WEG
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survival to old age
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and WEG’s 1861 budget
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and American Civil War
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popular reputation
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and appointmentofarchbishops
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and borough franchise
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opposes WEG’s calls for reduction in defence expenditure
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eating habits
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remonstrates with WEG for intervention in debate on Church in Ireland
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experience
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foreign policy
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relations with the Queen
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siege and Commune (1870)
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WEG visits (1866)
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non-Christian oaths
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working arrangements and sittings
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and redistribution of seats
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Irish representation in
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see also
Lords, House of

becomes Irish Nationalist leader
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parliamentary performances
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arrest and release from Kilmainham Gaol
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sets up Land League
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parliamentary filibustering
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relations with WEG
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relations with Katherine O’Shea
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denounces murder of Cavendish
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qualities
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alliance with Conservatives
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and possible Liberal alliance
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meets Carnarvon
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proposes constitution for Ireland to WEG
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Irish election successes
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introduces Irish Tenants Relief Bill
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downfall after O’Shea divorce
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in
Times
libel case
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cheered in Commons
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visits Hawarden
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death
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hides
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re-elected leader of Irish parliamentary party
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turns against WEG after Morley letter
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Irish reaction to
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marries Katherine O’Shea
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background
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at Christ Church
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parliamentary and ministerial career
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1834 government
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influence on WEG
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and Catholic Emancipation
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declines to form government (1839)
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dismisses WEG’s
State and Church
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political ascendancy
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death
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Oxford University parliamentary seat
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character and appearance
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religiosity
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1841 government
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and relations with Vatican
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praises WEG speech
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and Corn Laws repeal
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resigns (1845) and resumes premiership
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1846 defeat and resignation
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speaks in Don Pacifico debate
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and Derby’s 1851 government
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WEG evokes
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reintroduces income tax
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WEG unveils Manchester statue
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overrules Chancellors
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relations with Queen
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mental qualities
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classical learning
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relations with WEG
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conversion to free trade
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at Christ Church, Oxford
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assists WEG on Oxford bill
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on WEG’s defence of Palmerston over Chinese incident
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and WEG’s promotion of universal male suffrage
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on WEG’s remoteness
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and WEG’s first premiership
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and WEG’s Irish Church Bill
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death
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