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William Ewart Gladstone: From birth to death
19th May 2018, marks the 120th anniversary of William Ewart Gladstone’s death. The use of the word ‘anniversary’ may seem too jolly for such a sombre event; William Gladstone’s life was extraordinary and in this post we shall celebrate it and the man behind the podium.
Above left: 62 Rodney Street, Liverpool. Above right: Gladstone as a boy with his sister
Gladstone was born on 20th December 1809 at 62 Rodney Street, Liverpool to John Gladstone and Anna MacKenzie Gladstone (nee Robertson).
He was first educated at Eton where he maintained a close-knit group of friends including Arthur Henry Hallam, the inspiration for Alfred Tennyson’s A.
Gladstone biography
H. H. In Memoriam. From there he went on to achieve a double First at Oxford in Classics and Mathematics, a sign of the greatness he would later go on to achieve.
W. E. Gladstone’s political career was vast and varied, with him takin