William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone( 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician.
In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894.
He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times.
Gladstone was born in Liverpool to Scottish parents.
He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career as a High Tory, a grouping which became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834.
Gladstone served as a minister in both of Peel's governments, and in 1846 joined the breakaway Peelite faction, which eventually merged into the new Liberal Party in 1859.
He was Chancellor under Lord Aberdeen( 1852– 1855), Lord Palmerston( 1859 – 1865) and Lord Russell( 1865 – 1866).
Gladstone's own political doctrine — which emphasised equality of opportunity and opposition to trade protectionism—came to be known as Gladstonian liberalism.
His popularity amongst the working- class earned him the sobriquet" The People's William".
In 1868, Gladstone became Prime Minister for the first time.
Many reforms were passed during his first ministry, including the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and the introduction of secret voting.
After electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party.
From 1876 he began a comeback based on opposition to Turkey's reaction to the Bulgarian April Uprising.
His Midlothian Campaign of 1879 – 80 was an early example of many modern political campaigning techniques.
After the 1880 general election, Gladstone formed his second ministry( 1880 – 1885), which saw the passage of the Third Reform Act as well as crises in Egypt( culminating in the Fall of Khartoum) and Ireland, where his government passed repressive measures but also improved the legal rights of Irish tenant farmers.
Back in office in early 1886, Gladstone proposed home rule for Ireland but was defeated in the House of Commons.
The resulting split in the Liberal Party helped keep them out of office – with one short break – for 20 years.
Gladstone formed his last government in 1892, at the age of 82.
The Second Home Rule Bill passed through the Commons but was defeated in the House of Lords in 1893.
Gladstone left office in March 1894, aged 84, as both the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister and the only Prime Minister to have served four terms.
He left Parliament in 1895 and died three years later.
Gladstone was known affectionately by his supporters as" The People's William" or the" G.O.M. Grand Old Man", or, according to his political rival Benjamin Disraeli," God's Only Mistake").
Historians often call him one of Britain's greatest leaders.
Fasilides
Fasilides( Ge'ez: ፋሲልደስ" Fāsīladas", modern" Fāsīledes"; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil or Basilide, was emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to 18 October 1667, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.
His throne name was ʿ Alam Sagad( Ge'ez: ዓለም ሰገድ" ʿ Ālam Sagad", modern" ʿ Ālem Seged"), meaning" to whom the world bows".
He was the son of Emperor Susenyos I and Empress Sultana Mogesa( Wolete Saala) of Wagda Katata and Merhabete.
Emperor Fasilides was born at Magazaz in Bulga, Shewa, before 10 November 1603.
His paternal grandfather's name was also Fasilides.
W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.
Francis Edward Gladstone
Francis Edward Gladstone( 2 March 1845- 6 September 1928) in Summertown, Oxford, was an English organist.
He was related to the politician William Ewart Gladstone.
Richard B. Cook
Richard Briscoe Cook( 1838–1916), D.D., was a British author most known for his biography of William Ewart Gladstone," The Grand Old Man".
Henry Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden
Henry Neville Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden( 2 April 1852 – 28 April 1935) was a British businessman and politician.
He was the third son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
Colin Matthew
Henry Colin Gray Matthew( 15 January 1941 – 29 October 1999) was a British historian and academic.
He was an editor of the" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" and editor of the diaries of William Ewart Gladstone.
Catherine Gladstone
Catherine Gladstone (6 January 1812 – 14 June 1900) was the wife of British statesman William Ewart Gladstone for 59 years, from 1839 until his death in 1898.
Thomas Gladstones
Thomas Gladstones( 3 June 1732 – 12 May 1809) was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist.
He was the father of Sir John Gladstone and the grandfather of the British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.
George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton
George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton PC( 10 February 1824 – 6 November 1887), was a British Liberal politician.
He held office in three of the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone.

Question: Who was born later, William Ewart Gladstone or Fasilides?
Answer: William Ewart Gladstone