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William Ewart Gladstone

1809 - 1898

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William Ewart Gladstone ( GLAD-stən; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 12 years, spread over four non-consecutive terms (the most of any British prime minister), beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also was Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, for more than 12 years. Gladstone was also Leader of the House of Commons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Ewart Gladstone is the 242nd most popular politician (up from 3,876th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 801st in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Politician.

William Ewart Gladstone was a British Liberal politician who is most famous for being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times. He was also a prolific writer and a major contributor to the debate over Home Rule for Ireland.

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Among politicians, William Ewart Gladstone ranks 242 out of 19,576. Before him are Hosni Mubarak, Abdul Hamid II, Möngke Khan, Henry III of France, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, and Clovis I. After him are Louis IX of France, Yuri Andropov, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Emperor Meiji.

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Among people born in 1809, William Ewart Gladstone ranks 6. Before him are Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, and Nikolai Gogol. After him are Louis Braille, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bruno Bauer, and Joseph Liouville. Among people deceased in 1898, William Ewart Gladstone ranks 3. Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and Otto von Bismarck. After him are Lewis Carroll, Stéphane Mallarmé, Gustave Moreau, Charbel Makhlouf, Johann Jakob Balmer, Syed Ahmad Khan, Ivan Shishkin, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Eugène Boudin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Ewart Gladstone ranks 81 out of 8,785. Before him are Daniel Defoe (1660), Cecil Rhodes (1853), Bertrand Russell (1872), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), Harold Harefoot (1016), and Owen Willans Richardson (1879). After him are Empress Matilda (1102), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Tom Jones (1940), James Clerk Maxwell (1831), and Richard Burton (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Ewart Gladstone ranks 29. Before him are Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), John Major (1943), Margaret Thatcher (1925), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), and James V of Scotland (1512). After him are Olav V of Norway (1903), Edward the Martyr (962), Oliver Cromwell (1599), Edward Heath (1916), Edgar the Peaceful (943), and Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443).

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