Papers, 1832-1880.

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Papers, 1832-1880.

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Correspondents include Thomas Babington Macaulay, concerning his political career, Belgian independence from the Netherlands, the ministry's legislative plans for the East India Company and the abolition of slavery; William Ewart Gladstone, concerning his proposed national budget for 1860 and measures to change the franchise laws; and general correspondence refering to Baines' defeat in 1874, Gladstone's victory in 1880, the granting of a knighthood to Baines, and political concerns of the Liberals.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...

Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, born in 1800 in Leicestershire, England, was an historian and author. He was educated at Cambridge. After the success of an essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review in 1925, he contributed regularly to that journal. He was called to the bar in 1826 and elected to Parliament in 1830. After various distinguishing public duties, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macaulay of Rothley in 1859. He also continued to write during these public appointments, primarily on histo...

East India Company

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Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890

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