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29 December 1809-19 May 1898. Prime Minister four times. Switched his political position during his career from supporting the Conservative Party (1834 - 1859) to supporting the Liberal Party (1859 - 1898), whose party executive he became in 1867.

Beside other positions, he was Commerce Secretary under conservative Prime Minister Robert Peel, Chancellor of the Exchequer under conservative Prime Minister George Hamilton Gordon and Chancellor of the Exchequer under liberal Prime Minister Henry John Temple. Gladstone supported free trade (e.g. during the time of the Corn Law split of the Conservative Party, which influenced his change of ends), introduced secret voting (Ballot Act 1872) and supported the Irish Home Rule Movement. After failing to introduce Home Rule due to a lack of support by the House of Lords, he resigned in 1894. The lack of support is considered to be influenced by Gladstone´s late intervention in Sudan, where general Charles George Gordon, a celebrated folk hero in Britain, died trying to defeat the Mahdi Uprising.

Gladstone did research on Homer´s works throughout his career and published different works on this topic. He died from cancer in 1898.

Sources

http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/william-ewart-gladstone

Bebbington, David William. William Ewart Gladstone: Faith & Politics in Victorian Britain. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993.

Ramm, Agatha. William Ewart Gladstone. Cardiff: GPC, 1989.

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-December 1809-19 May 1898. Prime Minister four times. Switched his political position during his career from supporting the [[Conservative Party]] (1834 - 1859) to supporting the [[Whigs]]/[[Liberal Party]] (1859 - 1898), whose party executive he became in 1867. Beside other positions, he was Commerce Secretary under conservative Prime Minister [[Robert Peel]], Chancellor of the Exchequer under conservative Prime Minister [[George Hamilton Gordon]] and Chancellor of the Exchequer under liberal Prime Minister [[Henry John Temple]]. Gladstone supported free trade (e.g. during the time of the [[Corn Law]] split of the Conservative Party, which influenced his change of ends), introduced secret voting ([[Ballot Act]] 1872) and supported the Irish [[Home rule movement|Home Rule Movement]]. After failing to introduce Home Rule due to a lack of support by the House of Lords, he resigned in 1894. The lack of support is considered to be influenced by Gladstone´s late intervention in Sudan, where general [[Charles George Gordon]], a celebrated folk hero in Britain, died trying to defeat the [[Mahdi Uprising]].
+December 1809-19 May 1898. Prime Minister four times. Switched his political position during his career from supporting the [[Tories|Conservative Party]] (1834 - 1859) to supporting the [[Whigs|Liberal Party]] (1859 - 1898), whose party executive he became in 1867.
-Gladstone researched on Homer´s works throughout his career and published different works on this topic. He died from cancer in 1898.
+Beside other positions, he was Commerce Secretary under conservative Prime Minister [[Robert Peel]], Chancellor of the Exchequer under conservative Prime Minister [[George Hamilton Gordon]] and Chancellor of the Exchequer under liberal Prime Minister [[Henry John Temple]]. Gladstone supported free trade (e.g. during the time of the [[Corn Law]] split of the Conservative Party, which influenced his change of ends), introduced secret voting ([[Ballot Act]] 1872) and supported the Irish [[Home rule movement|Home Rule Movement]]. After failing to introduce Home Rule due to a lack of support by the House of Lords, he resigned in 1894. The lack of support is considered to be influenced by Gladstone´s late intervention in Sudan, where general [[Charles George Gordon]], a celebrated folk hero in Britain, died trying to defeat the [[Mahdi Uprising]].
+Gladstone did research on Homer´s works throughout his career and published different works on this topic. He died from cancer in 1898.
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