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William Ewart Gladstone headed
Liberal Party documented
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“when, further, Gladstone’s last Government showed its unconcern for social reforms...…”
source: book — The Story of Fabian Socialism · p.73
Sidney Webb met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“He appeared in both these capacities when as secretary of the Holborn Society Liberal & Radical Association he engaged Gladstone in a correspondence at the end of 1888.…”
source: book — The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858-1905 · p.85
Joseph Chamberlain worked_for
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“As President of the Board of Trade in Gladstone's second administration…”
source: book — The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858-1905 · p.122
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Queen Victoria documented
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“The Queen conveyed to the Prime Minister her most severe displeasure.…”
source: book — The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858-1905 · p.123
William Ewart Gladstone relationship_with
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton documented
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“Gladstone told Lord Acton that he was 'entangled' by it and regarded it as a 'taking into the hands of the State the business of the individual man'.…”
source: book — The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858-1905 · p.132
Joseph Chamberlain relationship_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Within months or so of his last letter to her, Chamberlain had broken with Gladstone on the Irish question.…”
source: book — The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1858-1905 · p.138
William Ewart Gladstone worked_for
Robert Peel documented
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“When Russell introduced his bill in December 1847, another who spoke in favour was Peel’s austere High Church protégé Gladstone...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Lionel de Rothschild documented
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“According to his diary, Gladstone dined with him or his brother Mayer four times and corresponded or met with members of the family on at least another four occasions in the period 1856 to 1864.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Mayer de Rothschild documented
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“According to his diary, Gladstone dined with him or his brother Mayer four times and corresponded or met with members of the family on at least another four occasions in the period 1856 to 1864.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Lionel de Rothschild documented
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“It was a sign of its importance that Gladstone—that most ardent of bullionists—paid a visit there in 1862...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
William Ewart Gladstone headed
United Kingdom documented
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“As Chancellor when the war began, Gladstone had pledged himself with characteristic rigour against “the system of raising funds necessary for war by loans,”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
George Cornewall Lewis succeeded
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“It was not enough, however, and by the time he resigned from office (to be replaced by Sir George Lewis), the government had run up a £6.2 million deficit for the year 1854…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
Lionel de Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“In April 1866... the Rothschilds had “the two great rivals at dinner—the whig [Gladstone] on Saturday...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)
Alfred de Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“When he first visited the Commons (to hear the Reform Bill debates in 1866) “he found the great Mr. Gladstone’s oratory heavy and pompous...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)
Charlotte de Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Charlotte eagerly read John Stuart Mill... gave tea to the Gladstones...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)
Charlotte von Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Lionel and Charlotte saw Gladstone occasionally…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)
Alphonse de Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Natty delivered this to Gladstone at his home at 11 Carlton House Terrace early on the morning of July 6…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)
William Ewart Gladstone lived_in
Carlton House Terrace documented
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“Natty delivered this to Gladstone at his home at 11 Carlton House Terrace…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Queen Victoria documented
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“finding him on the point of leaving to see the Queen at Windsor…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)
William Ewart Gladstone invested_in
United Kingdom documented
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“Gladstone himself bought consols worth £2,500 at a price of 90 on 18 July…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)
William Ewart Gladstone worked_for
Edinburgh Review documented
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“In October 1870 Gladstone himself published an anonymous article in the Edinburgh Review in which he declared that the “new law of nations... censured the aggression of France.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)
William Ewart Gladstone relationship_with
Rothschild family documented
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“Indeed, by the end of September Gladstone had begun to suspect the Rothschilds of “twisting the words” of some of the intelligence they were relaying to him.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)
Sir Algernon West worked_for
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Sir Algernon West, Gladstone’s secretary, dismissed it as “an exaggerated nightmare of gorgeousness and senseless and ill-applied magnificence”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
William Ewart Gladstone appointed
Cyril Flower documented
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“But when he was offered the Governorship of New South Wales by Gladstone the following year, Constance refused to leave her mother...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Writing to Gladstone, he described his engagement as “the most momentous event of my life.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
Edward VII met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“When the Prince won a “large stake” on a Rothschild horse, Charlotte was tight-lipped: “[O]f course, I would infinitely rather he won than lost upon a Rothschild horse—but the future King of England should not go about betting.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
William Ewart Gladstone proposed
Lionel de Rothschild documented
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“That was prescient, for no sooner had he become Prime Minister than Gladstone proposed Lionel as one of eleven new Liberal peers he wished the Queen to create.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
William Ewart Gladstone proposed
John Acton documented
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“It is noteworthy that Gladstone had deliberately raised the possibility of a “Jew peer” at the same time as that of a Roman Catholic peer (in the person of Sir John Acton).…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
William Ewart Gladstone member_of
Liberal Party documented
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“Gladstone was immediately up in arms... Lord Hartington, who was now formally the leader of the Liberals following Gladstone’s resignation...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Granville Leveson-Gower documented
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““I am aware of no cause,” he wrote to Granville...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
Lord Hartington succeeded
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Lord Hartington, who was now formally the leader of the Liberals following Gladstone’s resignation...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone proposed
Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East documented
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“From the moment he published his pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East in September 1876, Gladstone had made his campaign against Disraeli’s policy a religious crusade.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone proposed
Smyrna documented
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“he contemplated seizing the port of Smyrna.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone worked_for
United Kingdom documented
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“Gladstone lost no time in fulfilling the Rothschilds’ worst expectations following his election victory in the spring of 1880.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone ordered_assassination_of
Ahmed Urabi documented
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“within a remarkably short space of time he had given the order to shell Alexandria (July 1882) and overthrow Arabi (September).…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone operated_in
Egypt documented
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“If the Rothschilds had wished to set a trap for Gladstone, they could hardly have done better than to lure him into the occupation of Egypt.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone worked_for
Rothschild & Co documented
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“Isolated, Gladstone had no alternative but to entrust the restructuring of Egyptian finance to the classic City combination of Rothschild and Baring.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone worked_for
Barings documented
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“Isolated, Gladstone had no alternative but to entrust the restructuring of Egyptian finance to the classic City combination of Rothschild and Baring.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
Nathaniel de Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“But when he dined with Gladstone three months later, he “scoffed at the French computation of Egyptian Land Revenue,” strongly endorsing the estimates in Northbrook’s report the previous month which had called for a sole British control of …”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone invested_in
Ottoman Egyptian Tribute loan of 1871 documented
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“In late 1875... he had acquired £45,000 (nominal) of the Ottoman Egyptian Tribute loan of 1871 at a price of just 38.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone invested_in
Ottoman loan of 1854 documented
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“and in 1879 a further £15,000 of the 1854 Ottoman loan, which was also secured on the Egyptian Tribute.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone ordered_assassination_of
British occupation of Egypt documented
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“Even before the military occupation of Egypt—which he himself ordered—these proved a good investment…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Charlotte de Rothschild documented
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“this I have just heard, that the famous Mr Gladstone is with her drinking tea and eating bread and butter…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Prince of Wales documented
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“as Gladstone came to dinner to meet the Duke of Cambridge.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone married
Amschel Mayer de Rothschild documented
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“Mayer’s daughter married the man who would succeed Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Nathaniel de Rothschild documented
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“Despite their political differences, he and Natty dined together in 1884 and 1885...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Emma de Rothschild documented
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“Nor did Gladstone feel any inhibitions about resuming with Natty’s wife Emma the scholarly correspondence he had earlier conducted with her mother-in-law.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Ferdinand de Rothschild documented
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“Gladstone also socialised with Ferdinand and his sister Alice...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Alice de Rothschild documented
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“Gladstone also socialised with Ferdinand and his sister Alice...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Constance de Rothschild documented
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“Gladstone also socialised with Ferdinand and his sister Alice as well as with Constance and her husband Cyril Flower...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Cyril Flower documented
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“Gladstone also socialised with Ferdinand and his sister Alice as well as with Constance and her husband Cyril Flower...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone met_with
Annie de Rothschild documented
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“In 1893, Annie too had the pleasure of seeing “the G.O.M.” (“Grand Old Man”)...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Emma de Rothschild met_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“A reciprocal visit by Natty and Emma to Hawarden in 1896 suggests, however, that the subject of politics was now being avoided.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Nathaniel Rothschild relationship_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“By December 1879 Natty was obliquely affirming his new political allegiance by referring to the Liberal leader as “that archfiend Gladstone,” ending his New Year greetings to Disraeli with the wish “that he [Gladstone] will do you good and …”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Lionel de Rothschild relationship_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“This time, however, the reason was the rift which had opened up between him and Gladstone on fiscal policy.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone proposed
abolition of Income-tax documented
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“...Mr Gladstone’s proposal to abolish the Income-tax &c. would deprive the country of £9,000,000 a year...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone relationship_with
Rupert Carington documented
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“Gladstone was eager for a Liberal victory... he sent the Liberal candidate Rupert Carington “250 little ones”...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone appointed
Nathaniel de Rothschild reported
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“It has already been suggested that one reason Gladstone chose to elevate Natty at the end of his second ministry was to replace him in the House of Commons at the impending election…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone headed
Liberal Party documented
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“Natty had been dismayed by Gladstone’s renewed ascendancy over the Liberal party…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone relationship_with
Winston Churchill documented
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“...who had just heard Gladstone denounce Churchill as “an unprincipled young blackguard or something very analogous thereto”...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Joseph Chamberlain relationship_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“By March attention had switched to the position of Chamberlain, who for some time had been itching to break with Gladstone.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery worked_for
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“the man who was served as Foreign Secretary in Gladstone’s third and fourth ministries…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery succeeded
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“succeeded him as Prime Minister in 1894…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Ewart Gladstone appointed
Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Rosebery documented
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“when Gladstone offered him the post of Commissioner of Works and a seat in the Cabinet as Lord Privy Seal in 1884, Rosebery initially refused.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
Lionel de Rothschild relationship_with
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“Lionel’s campaign for admission to the House of Commons in the 1840s and 1850s enjoyed support from Whigs like Lord John Russell and Peelites like Gladstone, but also Protectionist Tories like Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery succeeded
William Ewart Gladstone documented
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“In the 1880s and 1890s their advice on imperial matters was sought by both the Marquess of Salisbury and the Earl of Rosebery, Gladstone’s successor as Liberal Prime Minister.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth
William Ewart Gladstone relationship_with
Robert Peel documented
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“...even if Peel’s ideological heir, Gladstone, never quite gave up hope of doing away with it.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
William Ewart Gladstone exposed
Neapolitan government documented
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“It is evident from their private correspondence that the Rothschilds had a low opinion of the Neapolitan government (which was to be famously excoriated by Gladstone in 1850).…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
Mentions (6)
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By 1859, he settles back in England and joins the House of Commons, a member of Parliament. And he becomes an admirer of a guy by the name of William Gladstone. Are you familiar with Gladstone? Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's another really interesting …
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equality of opportunity. Not equity, people. Everything we talk about believing in, these guys were preaching 200 years ago. They wanted to repeal taxes and get rid of protectionist trade barriers. They called it Gladstone liberalism, and i…
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He felt he was in dread of the judgments of God upon England for our national iniquity towards China. He called the opium wars a war more unjust in its origin, a war more calculated in its progress to cover this country with permanent disgr…
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What do we call those, the union ward bosses who give you a job if you voted the way they wanted? Right. Couldn't do that with a secret vote. Gladstone was also very outspoken in his opposition to the Ottoman Empire. In 1886, he proposed ho…
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The Labor Party. Same thing happened in America. The Labor Union started out as classical liberal and ended up being leftist. Gladstone was part of that. So great man. That was the hero of our guy, Lord Acton. They were really good friends.…
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1869, Queen Victoria raised him to the peers as Baron Acton. That happened because Gladstone had interceded for him prior to Gladstone heading to Rome, ready for this, to resist the Pope's plan to have what's known as papal infallibility co…