Title

'Mr Gladstone at Leeds', late 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Mr Gladstone at Leeds', late 19th century. 'The Banquet in the old Cloth Hall'. William Ewart Gladstone MP (1809-1898), British Liberal Prime Minister, was born in Liverpool and educated at Oxford from where in 1832 he embarked on his political career. He became Prime Minister in 1868, and then a further two times in 1880 and 1886. Whilst in power Gladstone brought in major reforms to Ireland and established a system of national education in England.
The Print Collector collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C21_238

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (5,0Mb) / 16,6in x 11,7in / 4992 x 3499 (300dpi)

Keywords

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