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William Ewart Gladstone

1809–1898

prime minister

Facts

Born:
29 December 1809
Died:
19 May 1898 (aged 88)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 9
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 27
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 30
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 51
  • At Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887): aged 77

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 29 December 1809 Birth of William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister
  2. 3 December 1868 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister aged 58
  3. 17 February 1874 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: resigns after an election defeat aged 64
  4. 23 April 1880 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (second time) aged 70
  5. 9 June 1885 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: defeated in the Commons, resigns aged 75
  6. 1 February 1886 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (third time) aged 76
  7. 20 July 1886 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: resigns after the failure of Irish Home Rule aged 76
  8. 15 August 1892 William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister (fourth time) – at the age of 82 aged 82
  9. 2 March 1894 William Ewart Gladstone leaves office: retires aged 84
  10. 19 May 1898 Death of William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister aged 88

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