GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. LXXI (ff. 192). Correspondence with Henry Fawcett, M.P., Postmaster-General, 1865-1884. The letters from Fawcett (who was blind) were written by amanuenses. Quarto.Henry Fawcett, Postmaster-General: Dictated correspondence with...

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...

Benthall, Arthur, active 1865-1884, of the General Post Office

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Fawcett, Henry, active 1865-1884, Postmaster-General

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Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929

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President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. From the description of Letters : London, to Laurence Housman, 1918 Jan. 18, 1928 Oct. 29, and undated. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25374993 Fawcett was an author and a leader in the women's suffrage movement. From the description of ALS [19--?] April 9 : Lismus, Ireland to "Dear Sir" / M.G. Fawcett. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 28013193 Epithet: ...

Childers, Hugh C.E. (Hugh Culling Eardley), 1827-1896

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to C.E. Legge, 1885 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623051 Childers arrived in Melbourne from England in 1850. He become Auditor-General and a Legislative Councellor in 1852 and helped draft the constitution bill of 1853. In 1856 he won the Portland seat in the Legislative Assembly. He returned to England as a member of the House of Commons 1860-1892. See ADB v.3 He had much to do with ...

Post Office (active 1503-1888)

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