William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98) was the outstanding statesman of the Victorian age. He was an MP for over sixty years, a long serving and exceptional Chancellor of the Exchequer and four times Prime Minister. As the leader of the Liberal party over three decades, he personified the values and policies of later Victorian Liberalism. Gladstone, however, was always more than just a politician. He was also a considerable scholar, a dedicated Churchman and had a range of interests and connections that made him, in many respects, the quintessential Victorian. Yet important aspects of Gladstone's life have received relatively little recent attention from historians. This study reappraises Gladstone by focusing on five themes: his reputation; his representation in visual and material culture; his personal life; his role as an official; and the ethical and political basis of his international policies. This collection of original, often multidisciplinary studies, provides new perspectives on Gladstone's public and private life. As such, it illustrates the many-sided nature of his career and the complexities of his personality.

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zlib/History/Roland Quinault (editor), Roger Swift (editor), Ruth Clayton Windscheffel (editor)/William Gladstone: New Studies and Perspectives_15644304.pdf

edited by Roland Quinault, Roger Swift, and Ruth Clayton Windscheffel

Roland E. Quinault, Roger Swift, Ruth Clayton Windscheffel

Gower Publishing Ltd

The Hakluyt Society

Taylor and Francis

Routledge

Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), Farnham, Surrey, 2012

Farnham, Surrey, Burlington, VT, England, 2012

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1st ed, London, 2016

lg3018339

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dedication
Contents
List of Figures and Table
List of Contributors
Foreword • David Bebbington
Introduction • Ruth Clayton Windscheffel
PART I: REPUTATION
1 Gladstone: A Political Not a Cultural Radical • Frank M. Turner
2 Gladstone and Peel’s Mantle • Richard A. Gaunt
3 Gladstone and Labour • Chris Wrigley
PART II: IMAGES
4 Gladstone’s Visage: Problem and Performance • Joseph S. Meisel
5 Material Gladstones • Mark Nixon
PART III: PERSONAL QUESTIONS
6 Gladstone as Friend • Denis Paz
7 Gladstone as Woodsman • Peter Sewter
8 The Health of a Prime Minister: Gladstone, 1868–85 • Jenny West
PART IV: GLADSTONE AS AN OFFICIA L
9 Gladstone, Finance and the Problems of Ireland, 1853–66 • Allen Warren
10 Gladstone and the Ionian Islands • C. Brad Faught
PART V: ETHICS AND INTERNATI ONALISM
11 Gladstone and War • Roland Quinault
12 Gladstone and the Suppression of the Slave Trade • Richard Huzzey
13 Gladstone’s ‘Greater World’: Free Trade, Empire and Liberal Internationalism • Deryck M. Schreuder
Part VI: EPILOGUE
14 Gladstone’s Legacy • Eugenio Biagini
A Selected Bibliography
Index

Introduction / Ruth Clayton Windscheffel
Reputations.
Gladstone: a political not a cultural radical / Frank M. Turner
Gladstone and Peel's mantle / Richard A. Gaunt
Gladstone and Labour / Chris Wrigley
Images.
Gladstone's visage: problem and performance / Joseph S. Meisel
Material Gladstones / Mark Nixon
Personal questions.
Gladstone as friend / Denis Paz
Gladstone as woodsman / Peter Sewter
The health of a prime minister: Gladstone 1868-85 / Jenny West
Gladstone as an official.
Gladstone, finance and the problems of Ireland, 1853-66 / Allen Warren
Gladstone and the Ionian Islands / Brad Faught
Ethics and internationalism.
Gladstone and war / Roland Quinault
Gladstone and the suppression of the slave trade / Richard Huzzey
Gladstone's "greater world": free trade, empire and liberal internationalism / Deryck Schreuder
Epilogue
Gladstone's legacy / Eugenio Biagini.

2021-06-02