William Gladstone

...to use them for life. They later went to Cambridge University. Gladstone's idea for a residential library was inspired by Oxford University, for which he had once been MP. Dr Windscheffel argues that most biographers of Gladstone have...

In this article: St Deiniol, Lux Mundi, John Keble, John Henry Newman, Edward Pusey, Oxford University, Queen Victoria, and Charles Gore

...his Cabinet position. Peel's protege Gladstone later emulated Peel by serving as MP for Oxford University from 1847 to 1865, before himself being defeated for his willingness to disestablish the Irish Church. It was in 1829 that Peel...

In this article: Robert Peel, Whig Party, Corn Laws, Repeal, Conservative Party, Wellington, Oxford University, Tamworth, and Queen Victoria

...and North-Western Railway. In 1857, he resigned as MP for Buckinghamshire; two years later, he contested William Gladstone for the constituency of Oxford University , but lost to the future Prime Minister . In 1861, he succeeded his...

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...and respected in the nineteenth century. Among her admirers were Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, William Gladstone, Charles Kingsley, Christina Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Anthony Trollope. William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones read...

In this article: Charlotte Mary Yonge, Otterbourne, Jane Austen, and Anthony Trollope

...Crosthwaite Wilson, and the grandson of the former Prime Minister , William Gladstone. As a ten year old, he attended William Gladstone's state funeral. He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire, England, and graduated from Christ Church,...

In this article: Eton College, Venerable Order of Saint John, World War I, and University of Oxford

...at the University of Oxford in 1909 with a BA . During his time at Oxford he was a member of the rowing eight and rowed in the The Boat Race on four occasions between 1906 and 1909. He was also a member of the Leander Club eight that...

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...in Berkshire. He graduated MA from Christ Church at the University of Oxford in 1888. He was an officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married Gertrude Theresa Miller, the daughter of Sir Charles Hayes Miller, on 3 January,...

In this article: Wiltshire, University of Oxford, Eton College, and John Neilson Gladstone

...agitation. Gladstone's support for electoral reform and disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Ireland had alienated him from his constituents in his Oxford University seat, and he lost it in the 1865 general election . A month later,...

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