William Ewart Gladstone was a Liberal political leader and influential British Prime Minister. He is known as the “quintessential Victorian” for being a perfect example of what people of his time should be like. He wasn’t like that from the beginning though. For example, William Gladstone didn’t start as a Liberal. He didn’t even start as a Politician! William Gladstone was born to his mother; Anne Robertson and his father; John Gladstone. Both of his parents were Scottish originally. John Gladstone
The Economic and Financial Policies of William Gladstone England has produced some of the most well-known men of history. One of these men, William Gladstone, was a leading figure in England’s most influential century. The “Grand Old Man” served in Parliament for sixty years, holding positions such as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister multiple times each. One of several ways Gladstone influenced Victorian England was economically and financially through his support in repealing the
Every country has a leader who helps change the country and the world. William was that leader in Great Britain. Born in 1809 to a self-made Scottish merchant, which taught him to help the average person; he entered the politics at the age of 22 in 1833 where he was a “tireless administrator” with “tremendous eye for detail” (Wilson 112). At first a very strong Tory, who felt that any electoral reform would lead to revolution, he became one of the founding members of the Liberal Party in 1859. He
Second Reform Act was his intense dislike of Ewart Gladstone, the rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone had been present since the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1845, and during the 1866 Russel administration Disraeli had cleverly demolished an attempt by Gladstone to push through a Second Reform Bill. If therefore, Gladstone was able to push through a Reform Bill of his own only a year later he would be humiliating the Liberals and in particular Gladstone himself, this is a concept he called, "to
this extent or covering this many different areas. Some of the most noticeable reforms took place in Ireland. Perhaps the single most important reform of this ministry for the liberal party was the Disestablishment of the Irish Church in 1869. Gladstone saw this as an opportunity to establish his ,and the liberal parties, authority on British politics. This subject proved to be extremely effective because: firstly religious liberalism united the party more firmly then most other issues; as champions
The Trojan war is a very controversial topic on if it did happen, or if it didn’t happen. Some archaeologists believe that the Trojan war was more than one battle, in more than one location, some people believe it is all a myth. Because there is no sufficient evidence that the Iliad is true, I think that it happened, but not how it was described in The Iliad. With the finding of the believed to be the city of Troy, to the jewelry of Helen, I still believe that the battle of Troy didn’t happen the
help of some historical revolutionaries such as Mazzini, Garibaldi, Cavour and the combination of multiple independence wars, Italy finally saw a reconstruction of its government and a unification of the nation. According to John Grooch, William Ewart Gladstone described Italy’s fight for unification as “among the greatest marvels of our time”. After the country had been reconstructed and unified, it saw a sudden flow of people and a massive overpopulation. Without the combined efforts of a large