Directory of Gladstone, William Ewart Resources

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William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94, Liberal. Born: 29 December 1809 in Rodney Street, Liverpool. Died: 19 May 1898 at Hawarden Castle, Flint.

Resources in This Category

• "To a Rejected Sonnet"

  http://sonnets.org/gladston.htm
  A sonnet by Gladstone.

• Encyclopaedia of Marxism: Gladstone

  http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/g/l.htm
  A Marxist view of Gladstone's achievements.

• Gladstone in Cornell University's 'Making of America'

  http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.author/g.51.html
  An archive of letters and books by or about Gladstone; most viewable in facsimile or downloadable as (OCR) text. N.B. also click Next as most are on the next page.

• History of Home Rule for Ireland

  http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/events/dates/homerule.shtm
  Gladstone and the fight for Home Rule.

• InfoBritain: William Gladstone

  http://www.infobritain.co.uk/William_Gladstone.htm
  Biographical article with photos of places important in his life.

• Letter to a disgruntled tax-payer

  http://www.rldavids.force9.co.uk/gladstone.htm
  Sent three days after his first Budget Speech, which was "one of the most wonderful passages of persuasive reasoning in the records of Parliament", but had failed to persuade this taxpayer why he should pay £2 1s. 8d. per annum extra.

• Liberal Democrat History Group: Gladstone, William Ewart

  http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/history/gladstone-william-ewart/
  A concise biography by Roger Pincham.

• Politicians and Their Reading

  http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/970310/jenkins.html
  Lord Jenkins, author of a recent Gladstone biography, on the reading habits of William Ewart Gladstone.

• Portraits of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister

  http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp01789
  Index to 99 portraits and photographs of Gladstone at the National Portrait Gallery. Gladstone was a trustee of the Gallery.

• The Election of 1885 and Home Rule for Ireland

  http://www.rldavids.force9.co.uk/gladstone2.htm
  A discussion of the events shown in letters of the time.

• The Victorian Web: William Ewart Gladstone

  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/gladov.html
  A biography, chronology and article on Gladstone's rescue work with 'fallen women', together with recommended reading.

• William Gladstone

  http://spartacus-educational.com/PRgladstone.htm
  A political history of Gladstone, with quotes, bibliography, a drawing of the young Gladstone, and a later cartoon by Tenniel.

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