2-716-591 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Overthrow of Lord Salisbury's Government, August 12, 1892: Mr. Gladstone passing through the House of Commons after the Vote of No Confidence', (1901). British Liberal Party statesman William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) formed his last government in 1892, at the age of 82. When he left office in March 1894, aged 84, he was both the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister, and the only Prime Minister to have served four terms. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]