The Gladstones
A Family Biography 1764–1851

Table of Contents

Part I. The Self-Made Trader, 1764–1812:
1. The grandfather of a Prime Minister: Thomas Gladstones
2. The young trader of Leith: John Gladstones, 1764–87
3. The life of a Liverpool corn dealer, 1787–9
4. The American adventure, 1789–90
5. The challenge of Liverpool, 1790–1800
6. The widower and the provost of Dingwall's daughter, 1800
7. War, business and family, 1800–5
8. Politics and parenthood, 1806–12
Part II. The Liverpool Merchant Prince, 1812–22
9. 1812: The critical election
10. The great war: the last phase, 1812–15
11. The Gladstones at Seaforth House, 1815–22
12. Canning as protege, 1812–22
13. John Gladstone and Canning on the nation's needs, 1812–22
14. Shipowner, trader, planter and philanthropist, 1815–22
15. The four sons: Eton and Glasgow Colleges and the navy, 1817–22
Part III. Ambitions, Personal and Parental, 1822–30:
16. Gladstone, Finlay, Canning and Huskisson, 1822–9
17. Frustration, illnesses and the tragedy of Anne, 1822–9
18. Railroads, charities, politics and fortune, 1822–9
19. Sugar and slaves in the West Indies, 1823–9
21. William at Eton and Oxford, 1822–9
21. The leaving of Liverpool, 1829–30
Part IV. Three Unsettled Years, 1830–3:
22. Politics and business by post
23. William at Oxford and Westminster
24. Slave emancipation
Part V. The Aged Scottish Laird and his Politician Son, 1833–51:
25. The laird of Fasque and Balfour, 1833–40
26. William at Westminster: his wooing and his writing, 1833–40
27. India and China
the coolie system
railways, 1833–40
28. Family, investments and advice to Sir Robert Peel, 1841–6
29. William Ewart Gladstone as Peel's lieutenant, 1841-6
30. The ancient baronet, 1846–51
31. The dissolving family
Epilogue: The making of Mr Gladstone.

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