William Ewart Gladstone

The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). He was a notable political reformer, known for his populist speeches, and was for many years the main political rival of Benjamin Disraeli.

Final years

In 1895 he bequethed 40,000 pounds and much of his library to found St Deiniol's Library, the only residential library in Britain. Despite being over 80 he carried most of the 23,000 books the quarter of a mile to their new home himself.

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In 1896 he spoke in Liverpool, denouncing Armenian massacres by Ottomans.

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1896 - Armenia

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Gladstone died of cancer at his country estate, Hawarden Castle, in 1898 at the age of 88, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His coffin was transported on the London Underground.

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Hawarden Castle - 1898 - Westminster Abbey - Underground

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A statue of Gladstone, inaugurated in 1905, is situated at Aldwych, London nearby to the Royal Courts of Justice http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/ee855fb0.html. Liverpool's Crest Hotel was renamed The Gladstone Hotel in honour of Gladstone in the early 1990s.

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1905 - Aldwych - Royal Courts of Justice - Liverpool's - 1990s

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