William Ewart Gladstone

**William Ewart Gladstone**  (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Victorian politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the Liberal Party in four terms between 1868 and 1894.

His career lasted more than 60 years. He served as Liberal Prime Minister four times. This was more than any other person (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). Gladstone was 84 years old when he resigned for the last time. This made him Britain's oldest ever Prime Minister. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times (1853–1855, 1859–1866, 1873–1874 and 1880–1882).

Gladstone was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: William Ewart Gladstone
- **image**: Gladstone W.E. Ols.jpg
- **order**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **term start**: 3 December 1868
- **term end**: 17 February 1874
- **monarch**: Queen Victoria, Victoria
- **predecessor**: Benjamin Disraeli
- **successor**: Benjamin Disraeli
- **term start1**: 23 April 1880
- **term end1**: 9 June 1885
- **monarch1**: Victoria
- **predecessor1**: Benjamin Disraeli, The Earl of Beaconsfield
- **successor1**: Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, The Marquess of Salisbury
- **term start2**: 1 February 1886
- **term end2**: 20 July 1886
- **monarch2**: Victoria
- **predecessor2**: The Marquess of Salisbury
- **successor2**: The Marquess of Salisbury
- **term start3**: 15 August 1892
- **term end3**: 2 March 1894
- **monarch3**: Victoria
- **predecessor3**: The Marquess of Salisbury
- **successor3**: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, The Earl of Rosebery
- **office4**: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **primeminister4**: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, The Earl of Aberdeen
- **term start4**: 28 December 1852
- **term end4**: 28 February 1855
- **predecessor4**: Benjamin Disraeli
- **successor4**: George Cornewall Lewis
- **primeminister5**: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, The Viscount Palmerston
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, The Earl Russell
- **term start5**: 18 June 1859
- **term end5**: 26 June 1866
- **predecessor5**: Benjamin Disraeli
- **successor5**: Benjamin Disraeli
- **primeminister6**: Himself
- **term start6**: 11 August 1873
- **term end6**: 17 February 1874
- **predecessor6**: Robert Lowe
- **successor6**: Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, Stafford Northcote
- **primeminister7**: Himself
- **term start7**: 28 April 1880
- **term end7**: 16 December 1882
- **predecessor7**: Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, Stafford Northcote
- **successor7**: Hugh Childers
- **office8**: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
- **primeminister8**: Robert Peel
- **term start8**: 23 December 1845
- **term end8**: 27 June 1846
- **predecessor8**: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, The Earl of Derby
- **successor8**: Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, The Earl of Grey
- **office9**: President of the Board of Trade
- **primeminister9**: Robert Peel
- **term start9**: 15 May 1843
- **term end9**: 5 February 1845
- **predecessor9**: F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, The Earl of Ripon
- **successor9**: James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, The Earl of Dalhousie
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
- **constituency10**: Newark (UK Parliament constituency), Newark
- **term start10**: 8 January 1833
- **term end10**: 30 January 1846
- **predecessor10**: Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro, Thomas Wilde
- **successor10**: John Stuart (judge), John Stuart
- **constituency11**: Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency), Oxford University (1847–65)
South Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency), South Lancashire (1865–68)
Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency), Greenwich (1868–80)
Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708–1918), Midlothian (1880–95)
- **term start11**: 26 August 1847
- **term end11**: 7 August 1895
- **predecessor11**: Thomas Grimston Estcourt
- **successor11**: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
- **birth place**: 62 Rodney Street, Liverpool, England
- **death place**: Hawarden Castle (18th century), Hawarden Castle, Wales
- **resting place**: Westminster Abbey
- **nationality**: British
- **alma mater**: Christ Church, Oxford
- **parents**: Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet, Sir John Gladstone (father)
- **children**: 8, including
- **signature**: William Ewart Gladstone Signature 2.svg
- **signature alt**: Cursive signature in ink