William Ewart Gladstone
1809 – 1898 British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Four-time Liberal prime minister whose government occupied Egypt in 1882 and was blamed for the death of Gordon at Khartoum.
- Religion
- Church of England
- Affiliations
- Liberal
William Ewart Gladstone led the Liberal Party and served four times as prime minister across the late nineteenth century. Though he spoke against jingoism, his government occupied Egypt in 1882, a hold that lasted decades. He was widely blamed for delaying the relief expedition that arrived too late to save General Gordon at Khartoum in 1885. He spent his final years pushing unsuccessfully for Irish Home Rule, splitting his own party over it.
Connections
- rival of Benjamin Disraeli — His great parliamentary rival for a generation.
- rival of Charles George Gordon — The general whose death at Khartoum was laid at his door.
- rival of Charles George Gordon — The prime minister blamed for failing to relieve him in time.
- rival of Queen Victoria — The prime minister she personally disliked and resisted.
- rival of Queen Victoria — The queen who distrusted and resisted him.
In the timeline
- 1882 The British Occupation of Egypt the prime minister who ordered the occupation
- 1882 Britain occupies Egypt the prime minister
- 1885 Fall of Khartoum and the death of Gordon the prime minister blamed for the late relief