GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXXIII-CCCCLXXVII. Indexes to the correspondence of W. E. Gladstone, compiled at Hawarden Castle previous to the presentation of the Gladstone Papers to the British Museum. Five volumes. Large folio, folio, and quarto. [20... 20th century

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GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXXIII-CCCCLXXVII. Indexes to the correspondence of W. E. Gladstone, compiled at Hawarden Castle previous to the presentation of the Gladstone Papers to the British Museum. Five volumes. Large folio, folio, and quarto. [20... 20th century

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Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...