William Ewart Gladstone

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William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone (PROSE: Time Wake [+]Loading...["Time Wake (short story)"]) was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the late Victorian era. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

By 1861, Gladstone was a prominent politician. He was responsible for the repeal of the Paper Tax. As a result of the repeal, the print shop of Charles Goodall and Son was perpetually busy. (PROSE: The Lampblack Wars [+]Loading...["The Lampblack Wars (short story)"])

Gladstone would later come to dominate Great Britain as Prime Minister during the late Victorian era. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

A portrait of Gladstone hung alongside portraits of Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill, and US President John F. Kennedy in an underground control centre Cabinet Room. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)"])

An android replica of William Ewart Gladstone was among a succession of android British Prime Ministers from Robert Walpole to Margaret Thatcher created by Tasq. (PROSE: Time Wake [+]Loading...["Time Wake (short story)"])