William Ewart Gladstone MP, British Liberal Prime Minister mb-code 42-54650743 Illustration from Book 1

Illustration from Book 1

In the belief that France was pouring funds into her navy to bring it up to the standard of the British Navy

Maarten Maartens

Whigs offering gifts to France

At left is a water barrel on a cart

William Ewart Gladstone MP, British Liberal Prime Minister mb-code 42-54650743 Illustration from Book 1William Ewart Gladstone MP, British Liberal Prime Minister, 1882. William Gladstone (1809 1898) 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. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of