The Life of William Ewart Gladstone
Volume 1. 1809–1859
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
- Author: John Morley
- Date Published: March 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108026772
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Morley's authorised biography of Gladstone (1809–1898) was published in 1903, and is a landmark of political biography. Four times Liberal Prime Minister between 1868 and 1894, Gladstone had left an enormous archive of letters, papers and diaries, which Morley (1838–1923), himself a noted Liberal politician and writer, spent five years distilling into three volumes. Although many other biographies and editions have since been published, Morley's work is still valuable for his use of primary sources, especially for the earlier part of Gladstone's career. Morley avoids overt party bias, but is understandably discreet in his treatment of more recent political events. He also ignores more private aspects of his subject's life and, as an agnostic, did not empathise with Gladstone's strong religious convictions. Volume 1 covers Gladstone's education, his election as a Tory, his first period as Chancellor of the Exchequer and his move towards the Liberals in 1859.
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- Date Published: March 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108026772
- length: 686 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 38 x 140 mm
- weight: 0.86kg
- contains: 4 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Book I. 1809–1831: Introductory
1. Childhood
2. Eton
3. Oxford
Book II. 1832–1846:
1. Enters Parliament
2. The new conservatism and office
3. Progress in public life
4. The church
5. His first book
6. Characteristics
7. Close of apprenticeship
8. Peel's government
9. Maynooth
10. Triumph of policy and fall of the minister
11. The Tractarian catastrophe
Book III. 1847–1852:
1. Member for Oxford
2. The Hawarden estate
3. Party evolution - new colonial policy
4. Death of Sir Robert Peel
5. Gorham case - secession of friends
6. Naples
7. Religious tornado - peelite difficulties
8. End of protection
Book IV. 1853–1859:
1. The coalition
2. The triumph of 1853
3. The Crimean war
4. Oxford reform - the open Civil Service
5. War finance - tax or loan
6. Crisis of 1855 and break-up of the Peelites
7. Political isolation
8. General election - new marriage law
9. The second Derby government
10. The Ionian islands
11. Junction with the Liberals
Appendix
Chronology.
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