2-622-034 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Portrait of Mr. Gladstone', 1896. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898). William Gladstone was born in Liverpool and educated at Oxford from where in 1832 he embarked on his political career. Gladstone became Prime Minister in 1868, and then a further two times in 1880 and 1886. Whilst in power Gladstone bought in major reforms to Ireland and established a system of national education in England. From The Studio Volume 14 by Ralph Nevill. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898]