William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone
Species:	Human
Job:	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Affiliated with:	British government
Place of origin:	Earth
First mentioned in:	Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)"]
Appearance:	A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"]

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

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

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)"])