Chapter 4

Committee on, Roebuck's motion for, i. 521, 523, 537-539, 542.Course of, i. 494-495, 545-548.End of, i. 550.Gladstone's view of, i. 484, 492, 544-546, 652-653;Gladstone charged with 'starving,' i. 629.Ignorance of facts of, among politicians, i. 547.Illusions of, ii. 4.Income-tax renewal necessitated by, i. 474.Kinglake's book on, i. 480-481and note.NapoleonIII.strengthened by, ii. 4.Newcastle and Herbert, charges against, i. 651-652.Objects of, i. 545.Origin of, i. 478.Popular British opinion on, i. 489-490.Responsibilities for, i. 481.Turkish position after, ii. 548.Croke, Dr., iii. 449.Cromwell, ii. 287, 555; iii. 480.Crown:—Critical wave against, ii. 425-426.Gladstone's attitude towards, ii. 423-427.Prerogative of, Gladstone charged with resorting to, ii. 364-365.Crown Princess, ii. 100, 472.Crowther, Rev. ——, i. 58-59.—— —— ii. 217.Cullen, Cardinal, opposes Irish University bill, ii. 434, 439-440, 443;Gladstone's meeting with (1877), ii. 571;mentioned, i. 397.Cumberland, Duke of, i. 127, 141, 279.Currie, Sir Donald, iii. 115, 517.Customs, articles liable to, in various years, ii. 25and note.Cyprus:—British acquisition of, ii. 607.Convention  regarding, ii.  576, 578; iii. 522.Gladstone's Midlothian reference to, ii. 592; iii. 27-28.Seizure of, projected, ii. 573.Daily News, ii. 495, 625and note.Daily Telegraph, ii. 622; iii. 430and note.Dale, R. W., ii. 134-135, 304, 305, 570.Dalhousie, Lord, i. 350; iii. 303note.Dalkeith, Lord, ii. 584, 612.Dalmeny, ii. 588, 609-610; iii. 239, 491.Dalrymple, Mr., iii. 248.Dante:—Gladstone's appreciation of, i. 202, 207note2, 215, 223; iii. 423-424, 488, 550.Scartazzini on, iii. 387.Darbishire, Mr., ii. 136.Darfur, iii. 146, 149note3, 157.Daru, ii. 321-322.Darwin, ii. 536-537, 562.Davidson, Bishop, i. 498note1.Davis, Jefferson, ii. 72, 79-81.De Retz, iii. 255.De Tabley, Lord, ii. 193.December, important events in Gladstone's life in, ii. 256.Delane, Mr., i. 153, 624; ii. 270, 439, 552.Demerara, i. 22-24, 224.Democracy:—Fair play a natural tendency of, iii. 308.Gladstone's feeling for, ii. 77; iii. 123, 125, 133, 203, 610-611; iii. 88;his efforts against besetting vice of, ii. 250-251;his faith in, i. 621, 650; iii. 173;his moulding of opinion of, iii. 537;their devotion to Gladstone, iii. 89, 90, 250, 330.Mazzini's work for, iii. 478.Oxford in relation to, ii. 35.Spendthrift tendency of, iii. 537.Denison, Bishop Edward, censure of Hampden opposed by, i. 161.—— Archdeacon, Gorham case, i. 380note2;withdraws support from Gladstone, i. 451;condemnation of, for heresy, i. 557;otherwise mentioned, i. 54, 71, 79, 98note.—— J. E. (Speaker), ii. 198.Denmark:—Gladstone's cruise to (1883), iii. 115-117 (1894), iii. 517;tribute from, ii. 532.Schleswig-Holstein question, seethat title.Deputations, i. 256.Derby, 14th Earl of, abolition, proposals of, i. 102, 105;advocates reform, i. 143;joins conservatives, i. 144;Brougham's estimate of, i. 149;resigns on Irish church question, i. 154;Peel's annoyance with, i. 234;on tariff question, i. 263;Gladstone's relations with, i. 280;attitude towards repeal, i. 283;resigns, i. 285;on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 291-292;New Zealand question, i. 298;on quarrel between Gladstone and Bentinck, i. 301-302;Graham's attitude towards, i. 368;invites Gladstone to enter the government, i. 393, 406;Gladstone declines, i. 407;views on papal aggression question, i. 406;reply to Lord Howick in sugar duties' debate, i. 644;cabinet of three men and a half (1852), i. 416;supported by the Peelites, i. 424, 428;attitude towards free trade, i. 425, 429;Oxford commission, i. 500;gratitude to Gladstone, i. 434;resigns on budget defeat, i. 441;views on Gladstone's budget, i. 472;attempts to form a ministry (1855), i. 525-526;fails, i. 527, 528;communications with Gladstone, i. 551-552, 554, 558, 561;relations with Disraeli, i. 555, 561;recommends union with Disraeli and Peelites, i. 562;vote of censure on Palmerston (1857), ii. 269;forms second administration (1858), i. 576;financial policy of, ii. 633;letter to Gladstone, i. 577;Bright's views on position of, i. 579;Reform bill (1859), i. 621; ii. 199;defeat and dissolution, i. 622; ii. 265;Gladstone in sympathy with, i. 631;Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 193;forms a government (1866), ii. 211;on Irish railways commission, ii. 243note;on Irish church bill, ii. 268, 278;peers created by, ii. 429;otherwise mentioned, i. 177, 432, 437and note, 529, 530, 536, 641; ii. 156note1, 253, 653; iii. 289note, 465.Derby, 15th Earl of, on Reform bill (1866), ii. 202;on Ireland, ii. 242;on Luxemburg guarantee, ii. 320, 357and note;declines to serve onAlabamacommission, ii. 400;subscribes to Mill memorial, ii. 543;views on eastern question, ii. 551, 567, 572;resigns, ii. 574note1;declines office with Gladstone, ii. 629;colonial secretary (1882), ii. 654;London convention with Transvaal (1884), iii. 45and note;declines to join Gladstone's government (1882), iii. 99;joins as colonial secretary, iii. 100;Gladstone's letter to, on Ireland, iii. 215;declares against Home Rule, iii. 291note, 294;otherwise mentioned, i. 103, 133, 134, 139, 177, 227, 239, 248, 296, 393, 420; ii. 499; iii. 268, 270.Devon, Lord, i. 343-344.Devonshire, Duke of, ii. 243note; iii. 69, 166, 171.Dickson, Colonel, ii. 570.Dilke, Sir Charles, supports the resolutions on Turkey, ii. 564;declines to join Gladstone's government except with Chamberlain, ii. 630;president of local government board, ii. 654;claim of, to cabinet position, iii. 99;appointed to local government board, iii. 100;conferences on Franchise bill, iii. 138;agrees to send Gordon to Soudan, iii. 150;on Crimes Act, iii. 192;opposes land purchase for Ireland, iii. 194-195;resigns, iii. 195;speech on Irish policy, iii. 264;for home rule, iii. 291note.Dillon, J., iii. 448, 455.Dillwyn, L., ii. 141.Dingwall, Gladstone presented with freedom of, i. 476.Disestablishment,see underChurches.Disraeli, B.,seeBeaconsfield.—— Mrs., ii. 195, 196, 546-547.Dissenters:—Affirmation bill opposed by, iii. 20.Disestablishment speech by Gladstone, effect of, ii. 457-458.Educational views of (1843 and 1847), ii. 302;(1870) ii. 303-305;estrangement of, by Education Act of 1870, ii. 307, 388;opposition to the Act, ii. 308.Election of 1874, action in, ii. 495.Gladstone's relations with (1864), ii. 134-135;(1868) ii. 255;(1869) ii. 272;views on Gladstone's retirement, ii. 505-506.Home rule, attitude towards, in Wales, iii. 323.University exclusion of, i. 505-506; ii. 313and note1.Dissenters' Chapels bill, i. 208, 330, 331.Disturbance Compensation bill, iii. 113.Divorce:—French law on, i. 567note.Gladstone's views on, i. 568-572and note.Statistics regarding, i. 572note.—— bill (1857), i. 569-573.Dodson, J. G., ii. 463note, 654; iii. 291note.Döllinger, Dr., Gladstone's visit to (1845), i. 318-320and note2;later visit (1874), ii. 513-515;criticisms from, on Vaticanism, ii. 521;Acton compared with, ii. 558;Gladstone's visit to (1886), iii. 351-352;Salmon's agreement with, iii. 417;death of, iii. 421;Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 422-423, 467.Dollis Hill, iii. 385, 517.Don Pacifico debate, i. 368-371and note, 372, 374, 395.Dongola, iii. 144, 163.Donnachaidh clan, i. 16.Douglas, Sir C., i. 419.Dobrudscha, ii. 574note2.Doyle, Francis, at Eton, i. 34, 37, 42-43;Gladstone's friendship with, i. 39, 54;Gladstone's letters to, i. 207; ii. 631;otherwise mentioned, i. 32note, 59note, 73, 111, 135, 581; ii. 184.Dragonetti, the Marquis, ii. 12.Drayton, i. 132.Drew, Mrs. (Mary Gladstone), Gladstone's letter to, ii. 473;accompanies Gladstone to Midlothian, ii. 587;Acton's letter to, on Middlesex candidature, ii. 617;engagement of, iii. 280;Gladstone's letter to, onRobert Elsmere, iii. 356.Drift, Gladstone's view of, ii. 352.Dryden, iii. 484.Duff, Grant, iii. 28note2.Dufferin, Lord, urges Turkish intervention in Egypt, iii. 80;advises abandonment of Kordofan and Darfur, iii. 146;mentioned, ii. 64, 212, 294, 645; iii. 413.Dugdale, W. S., i. 150.Duncan, Mr., ii. 27note.Dundonald, Lord, iii. 180note.Dunfermline, Lord (Speaker), i. 150.Dunkellin, Lord, ii. 206.Dunrobin, i. 476.Dupanloup, Bishop, ii. 532.Durham, Lord, i. 144, 178.Dyke, Sir W. Hart, iii. 279.Eastern question,seeTurkey.—— Roumelia, ii. 576.Eastlake, Sir C., ii. 189.Ecce Homo, ii. 166-167, 172, 173, 533.Ecclesiastical appointments, i. 153; ii. 122, 430-433.—— Commission (1835-36), iii. 468.—— Titles bill, i. 405, 409-415and note;effect of Act on whigs, i. 446;repeal of (1871), ii. 517.Economy:—Churchill's efforts for, iii. 365.Direct taxation conducive to, ii. 62.Gladstone's efforts for, ii. 42-45, 53, 61, 63-65, 482-484, 498; iii. 110, 507, 508, 537.Edinburgh, Gladstone's early visit to, i. 10;reception in (June '86), iii. 343;Gladstone first lord rector of university, i. 634.—— Duke of, ii. 378, 455.Edinburgh Review, Gladstone's anonymous article in, ii. 345.Education, primary:—Board school question at Hawarden, ii. 646.Condition of, in 1869, ii. 302note.Controversy on, nature of, ii. 306-307.Differences regarding, in liberal party, ii. 498.Dissenters' views on (1843 and 1847), ii. 302;(1870), ii. 303-305;estrangement by Act of 1870, ii. 307;opposition to the Act, ii. 308.Forster's bill (1870), ii. 298, 301, 303-307, 309-311, 495.Free, advocated by Chamberlain (1885), iii. 173, 224.Peel's bill (1843), ii. 299note.State aid for, Gladstone's views on, i. 148; ii. 298-300, 310, 311.—— secondary:—Classical course, Gladstone's view of, ii. 646-649.Reform of (1869), ii. 311-312.Edwards, Jonathan, iii. 477.Egerton, Sir P., i. 59note.—— ii. 146-147and note.Egypt:—Alexandria—English and French fleets at, iii. 79;bombardment of, iii. 81, 84-85.Anglo-French control in, iii. 74, 78, 118;proposal of Anglo-French occupation, i. 76-77.Annexation idea unfavourably viewed in England, iii. 119.Army, revolt of, in. 73, 78, 83.British responsibilities in, ii. 631; iii. 146.Conference of Constantinople, iii. 81.Financial position of, iii. 73, 76, 120-122, 170,192,197;London convention, iii. 122.Gladstone's prognostication regarding, iii. 72.Northbrook's mission to, iii. 121.Reforms in, possible only by evacuation of Soudan, iii. 148.Soudan,see that title.Southern frontier of, determined (1885), iii. 180.Suez Canal:—Construction of, i. 591-592.France, attempted agreement with, regarding, iii. 122.Protection of (1882), iii. 80, 82, 83.Tel-el-Kebir, iii. 83, 120note.Withdrawal from, difficulties of, iii. 120;Salisbury's policy regarding, iii. 495.d'Eichthal, Gustave, ii. 538.Elcho, Lord, ii. 19note2.Elections, general:—(1885) iii. 249-255;(1886) iii. 345-346;(1892) iii. 492, 494;dates of Gladstone's, ii. 608.Elgin, Lord (J. Bruce), i. 54, 59note; ii. 18, 194, 636.Eliot, Lord, i. 236.Elizabeth, Queen, iii. 480.Ellenborough, Lord, i. 525, 583, 641.Ellice, E., i. 222, 237, 467, 493; ii. 194.Elliot, Arthur, iii. 285.Elwin, W., i. 553, 555.Emancipation,seeSlave-holding.Emerson, R. W., i. 176-177note, 220; ii. 458.Employers' Liability bill (1893), iii. 504.Endowed Schools bill (1869), ii. 312.Epirus, ii. 576.Errington, W. V., iii. 63.Esher, Viscount, cited, ii. 624note.Essays and Reviews, i. 316; ii. 163-164, 431.Estcourt, T. G. B., i. 328.Estimates (see alsoExpenditure), (1853 and 1860), ii. 24;(1874-75) ii. 375note1, 483;(1892), iii. 507-509.Eton, Gladstone's career at, i. 26-44;examines at (1840), i. 229.Eton Miscellany, i. 34, 37-38.Eugénie, Empress, ii. 458.Evarts, W. M., ii. 189.Eversley, Viscount (speaker), i. 266.Ewelme appointment, ii. 386-387; iii. 540.Exchequer and Audit Act (1866), ii. 61.Expenditure:—Annual amount of (1860-65 and 1873), ii. 374.Army and Navy, on (1857-66), ii. 51.Excess in, Gladstone's efforts against, ii. 42-45, 53, 61, 63-65.Policy of (1853-59), i. 475.Spirit of, Gladstone's protest against, ii. 50, 62.Export trade, growth of (1860-66), ii. 66-67.Factory legislation, i. 106.Faguet, cited, ii. 594.Farini, i. 402-404; ii. 8.Farquhar, Sir W., i. 162, 473; ii. 165.Farr, W. W., i. 29.Farrer, Lord, i. 333note1.Fasque, family portraits at, i. 9;church at, i. 11note1; purchase of, i. 107;Helen Gladstone buried at, ii. 604;T. Gladstone's golden wedding at, iii. 219;Gladstone's visit to (1891), iii. 462.Favre, Jules, ii. 356.Fawcett, H., ii. 302, 444note, 455, 463note.Fechter, C. A., ii. 189and note, 190.Fénelon, i. 184, 215.Fenians:—Papal rescript, attitude towards, iii. 384.Parnell's alleged conversation with a spy regarding, iii. 404-405.Plots by (1867), ii. 241-242.Temper of (1887), iii. 373.Ferdinand, King, i. 392, 397, 401.Ferguson, Dr., ii. 27.Field, Cyrus, ii. 71, 458.Fielden, J., i. 114.Finance (see alsoBudgets, Expenditure, National Debt, Taxation):—Egyptian, iii. 170, 192, 197.Gladstone's masterly statements on, ii. 593; iii. 7;his principles of, ii. 26, 56-61, 63, 68.Home Rule bill provisions regarding,see underIreland.Pitt's, ii. 627-638.Popular interest in, i. 458.Finance bill, ii. 39-40.Finlay, G., i. 605, 610note, 614.Fire insurance duty, ii. 373, 651.Fish, H., ii. 82, 401-402, 406.Fisher, Bishop, ii. 535.Fitzgerald, Lord, i. 259.Fitzmaurice, Lord E., ii. 463note.Fitzroy, Lord C., i. 419; ii. 102.Fitzwilliam, Lord, iii. 314, 339.Florence, ii. 8-9; iii. 387.Follett, Sir W. W., i. 322.Foreign affairs, British ignorance of, ii. 535-536.Foreign Enlistment Act (1870), ii. 399 andnote, 405.—— policy:—Gladstone's views on, ii. 316-318.Peel's influence on, i. 247.Popular fickleness regarding, i. 480.Forster, W. E., on American civil war, ii. 86;views on liberal party, ii. 123;vice-president of council (1870), ii. 644;Education bill of, ii. 298, 301, 303-307, 309-311, 495;Endowed Schools, bill of, ii. 312;Ballot bill, ii. 368;onAlabamacase, ii. 403, 408;on Irish university debate, ii. 444-445;on Bulgarian question, ii. 549;Irish secretary (1880), ii. 630, 654;radical attitude towards, ii. 630;allows Coercion Act to lapse (1880), iii. 48;on Lords' rejection of Disturbance bill, iii. 409;'village ruffian' theory, iii. 49;seeks coercive powers, iii. 49, 51;Coercion bill of, iii. 52and notes, 296note1;at Hawarden, iii. 57;Gladstone's letters to, iii. 58, 66;condition of Ireland under, iii. 379;resigns, iii. 65, 90, 654;on franchise extension in Ireland, iii. 143note3;otherwise mentioned, ii. 447note, 462, 476, 498, 504, 566, 644; iii. 64, 169, 175, 353and note2.Fortescue, C.,seeCarlingford.Fortnightly Review, iii. 75-76.Fortunato, i. 398.Fould, A., ii. 55-56, 221.Fowler, H. H., iii. 336, 495note.—— William, ii. 295.Fox, General, i. 228.—— C. J., views of, on emancipation of slaves, i. 104;estimates of, by Peel and Harrowby, i. 132-133;motion of, against Lord Sandwich, i. 144;parliamentary position of, i. 445-446;protests against British interference in Crimea, i. 478.Otherwise mentioned, i. 131, 365; ii. 230, 589.—— Henry, i. 570.France:—Alliance with, Gladstone's view of, i. 546; ii. 15.Alliances sought by (1869), ii. 321, 323.American war, joint mediation in, urged on England and Russia, ii. 85.Austria, peace with, Lord Elcho's motion on, ii. 19note2.Berlin treaty obligations, attitude towards, iii. 9.Black Sea affair, ii. 350, 356and note.Commercial treaty with:—suggested by Cobden, ii. 18, 20;negotiation of, ii. 21, 46;discussed in cabinet, ii. 21-22;provisions of, ii. 21note, 23;objects of, ii. 22-23;publication of, in Belgian papers, ii. 27;results of, ii. 66, 637, 638;Gladstone's later views on, ii. 66note.Commune (1871), ii. 308.Confusion in policy of, ii. 120.Crimean war,see that title.Danubian provinces, policy regarding, ii. 3.Divorce illegal in (1816-84), i. 567note.Don Pacifico case, offer of good offices in, i. 368.Egypt, action regarding (1881), iii. 73;understanding with Salisbury, iii. 74;the joint note, iii. 75-76;fleet at Alexandria, iii. 79;fleet withdrawn, iii. 81;agrees to British advance in Egypt, iii. 82;declines to take any action, iii. 83;Salisbury policy frustrated by, iii. 495.German unity a menace to, ii. 319.Gladstone's finance admired in, ii. 56;Gladstone elected foreign associate of institute of, ii. 220and note;tribute at his death, iii. 532.Italian unity aided by, ii. 7-8, 14,see alsoNapoleon.Land question in, iii. 477.Nice and Savoy acquired by, ii. 9, 22, 30, 108.Orsini affair, representations regarding, i. 574.Palmerston's attitude towards, i. 367; ii. 47, 49.Poetry in, iii. 483.Prussia:—Treaty with, regarding Belgium, ii. 340.War with (1870)—British efforts to avert, ii. 326-330, 335-336;declaration of, ii. 335and note2;French miscalculations, ii. 337;course of, ii. 342-343;British sympathy after Sedan, ii. 357;effect of the war on British naval expenditure, ii. 374.Republic—recognition of (1871), ii. 345;statesmen of, iii. 475.Rome—occupation of, ii. 107-108, 214, 319, 323;British attitude towards the occupation, ii. 512;evacuation of, ii. 217, 512.Roumania, coolness with Britain regarding, ii. 4.Schleswig-Holstein question, ii. 116-118.Tariff negotiations with, i. 267.Turkish murder of consul at Salonica, ii. 547;attitude towards Turkey (1881), iii. 74.Vatican decrees, attitude towards, ii. 510.Vicissitudes of government in, i. 413.War with (1812), iii. 471;war rumoured (1859-60), ii. 43-44, 46-47.Zenith of the empire, ii. 5.Franchise extension:—Anticipations regarding (1885), iii. 172, 201.Bill of 1860, ii. 200;bill of 1866, ii. 200-205;bill of 1867, ii. 223-236, 238, 257.Boroughs, for, workmen's attitude towards, ii. 125, 139, 198, 211, 227;Palmerston's views regarding, ii. 128, 200;household suffrage struggle, ii. 223-236;liberal aid to tories for (1867), iii. 238, 257.Counties, for, ii. 200, 475, 481; iii. 124et seq.Conservative party the gainers by, iii. 129.Ireland,see underIreland.Gladstone's speech on (1864), ii. 126-130.Manhood, Chamberlain's pronouncement on, iii. 174.Reform bill of 1866 restricted to, ii. 200.Fraser, family of, i. 17note.—— Bishop, ii. 432.—— Sir William, i. 8 andnote2, 9note.Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia, i. 176.Free trade:—Disraeli's pronouncement on, i. 432.Employment in relation to, ii. 57.External agitation, production of, ii. 227.French commercial treaty in relation to, ii. 21note, 24.Gladstone's speech on (1881), iii. 61.Freeman, E. A., ii. 365.Freeman's Journal, ii. 292.Fremantle, T. F., i. 237.Frere, Sir Bartle, liberal disapproval of, iii. 2, 6;responsible for Zulu war, iii. 22;the Queen's feeling for, iii. 23-24;enquires liberal policy, iii. 28;promises Boers self-government, iii. 30;South African Dutch exasperated by, iii. 43note;recalled, iii. 24, 32note.Freshfield, J. W., i. 233, 339.Freycinet, M. de, iii. 75, 79-83.Frohschammer, J., ii. 525.Frost, J., i. 400.Froude, Hurrell, i. 161, 166, 306.—— J. A., i. 313note1; ii. 539, 559.Funerals, ii. 422.Furse, C. W., ii. 433.Gaisford, Dr., i. 49.Gambetta, ii. 335note1; iii. 75, 77, 78, 82, 465.Garfield, Mrs., iii. 108.Garibaldi—sails from Genoa, ii. 10-11;enters Naples, ii. 17;in England, ii. 108-113;Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 109-110, 114;Italian estimate of, ii. 113;Manning's attitude towards, ii. 192;letters from, ii. 533;mentioned, ii. 184; iii. 532.Gaskell, Mrs. Benjamin, i. 160.—— James Milnes, Gladstone's friendship with, i. 39, 54;debating society in rooms of, i. 59;speech on Reform bill, i. 73;Gladstone's visits to, i. 95; ii. 437;otherwise mentioned, i. 34, 37, 43, 48, 49, 64, 65, 74, 75, 77, 80, 97, 131, 137, 138, 139, 229, 248.GeorgeIII., ii. 428; iii. 181.Gerasimus, Bishop, i. 604.Germany (see alsoPrussia):—Berlin memorandum, ii. 549, 571.—— treaty obligations, attitude towards (1880), iii. 9.Black Sea provisions of Treaty of Paris disapproved by, ii. 350.Colonial question in, iii. 122.Egyptian question, attitude towards, iii. 79, 80, 82, 89.Italian alliance with, iii. 414.Luxemburg affair, ii. 320, 357and note.Poetry in, iii. 483.Schleswig-Holstein question, ii. 114-118.Turkish murder of consul at Salonica, ii. 547.Unification of, ii. 358;France menaced by, ii. 319.Vatican decrees, attitude towards, ii. 509.Gibbon, i. 195; iii. 476.Gibson, Milner-, Gladstone against, i. 467;efforts towards peace, i. 547;return to parliament (1858), i. 574;in Palmerston government, i. 626;unpopularity of, in Oxford, i. 630;on Paper Duties bill, ii. 33, 37-39;Gladstone supported by, ii. 36, 140, 635-636.Gladstone, name changed from Gladstones, i. 18 andnote2.—— Agnes (daughter), engagement of, ii. 472-473;marriage, ii. 475.—— Anne (sister), i. 17note1, 160.—— Helen Jane (sister), i. 17note1;Gladstone abroad with, i. 284, 318;secession to Rome, i. 318, 331;death, ii. 604.—— Henry (son), Gladstone's message to, on learning Latin, ii. 94;at school, ii. 191;starts for India, ii. 557;Gladstone's letters to, ii. 586, 598; iii. 296.—— Herbert (son), Gladstone's letters to, ii. 59and note, 637; iii. 258;returned for Leeds, ii. 618;press interview of (Dec. '85), iii. 264-265;otherwise mentioned, ii. 474, 477, 614, 617; iii. 1.—— Sir John (father), political work of, i. 9-10, 20-21, 249;churches built by, i. 11and note1;marriage of, i. 16;views of, on slave-holding, i. 22-24;Gladstone's defence of, in theLiverpool Courier, i. 32;loses Berwick election, i. 43;political acuteness of, i. 68-69;criticisms on W. E. Gladstone, i. 74;Howick's attack on, i. 102;Fasque bought by, i. 107;seventieth birthday of, i. 118;loses Dundee election (1837), i. 141;disapproves Jamaica journey, i. 148;transfers Demerara property to his sons, i. 224;assists Scotch training college scheme, i. 231;correspondence with Peel regarding his sons, i. 257-258;views of, on protection, i. 300, 327;baronetcy of, i. 293, 300;views on Gladstone's Oxford candidature, i. 330;on Jewish Disabilities Removal bill, i. 376;buys portion of Hawarden estates, i. 341;attitude towards Peel (1849), i. 353;death of, i. 388;W. E. Gladstone's relations with, i. 19, 32, 43, 82-83, 98;W. E. Gladstone's letters to, i. 123, 280, 283-284, 353, 375-376, 635;letters from, on choice of profession, i. 640;W. E. Gladstone's estimate of, i. 19, 138.Gladstone, Mrs. John (mother), W. E. Gladstone's devotion to, i. 95, 128, 131;death of, i. 131.—— John (brother), i. 15, 17note1;travels of, with W. E. Gladstone, i. 86;Walsall candidature of, i. 231-232;parliamentary election of, desired by his father, i. 258;W. E. Gladstone's letter to, on family differences, i. 388;illness and death of wife of, ii. 95, 96;death of, ii. 187.—— Mary (daughter),seeDrew.—— Robertson (brother), i. 17note1;appointed manager of Demerara properties, i. 224;position of, in Liverpool, i. 258;at Gladstone's Lancashire candidature (1865), ii. 146;W. E. Gladstone's letters to, i. 494, 552-553, 626; ii. 62, 130, 456.—— Stephen (son), ii. 256, 474, 500.—— Thomas (grandfather), i. 16.—— —— (brother), slave-holding defended by, i. 24;attitude towards Reform bill, i. 70note;on Gladstone's Oxford candidature, i. 330;Gladstone's letter to, on offers of a peerage, ii. 494;otherwise mentioned, i. 17note1, 68, 258.—— William Ewart:—Appearance of (1827), i. 34;(1840) i. 194;(1882) iii. 91.Career, chronological sequence of—1809-1831.Birth and baptism, i. 7;childhood, i. 10-14;at Eton, i. 26-44;first speech, i. 35;Oxford, i. 48-85;tries for the Ireland, i. 61, 329note.1832.Foreign travel, i. 86-88;impressions in Rome, i. 87;Newark candidature, i. 88-94, 96-97;election addresses, i. 90;first speech as member of parliament, i. 94;visits to Clumber, Thornes, and Leamington, i. 95;birthday, i. 97.1833.Lincoln's Inn, i. 98;membership of Oxford and Cambridge club and Carlton club, i. 98and note;forms brotherhood with Acland, i. 99;enters parliament, i. 100;maiden speech, i. 103;party votes (1833), i. 106;visit to Fasque, i. 107.1834.Visit to Seaforth and Oxford, i. 111;at Fasque, i. 116;treasury appointment, i. 119-120;opposes admission of dissenters to universities, i. 330.1835.Returned for Newark without contest, i. 121;meets Disraeli at Lord Lyndhurst's, i. 122;appointed under-secretary for the colonies, i. 123;contemplates resignation, i. 125;speech on Irish church, i. 126;speech at Newark, i. 129;committee on native affairs at the Cape, i. 358.1836.Death of his mother, i. 131;visit to Drayton, i. 132;visit to Hawarden, i. 134;speech on negro apprenticeship, i. 134and note;visit to Haddo, i. 137;committee on waste lands, i. 358.1837.Speech at Newark on toleration, etc., i. 138;presents the Queen with the Oxford address, i. 140;


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