William Ewart Gladstone, 19th century British Liberal statesman and prime minister Valkyries Poster advertising Peugeot bicycles

Poster advertising Peugeot bicycles

with the tree of True Liberty

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'How Tristram abode at the court of King Anguish of Ireland'

William Ewart Gladstone, 19th century British Liberal statesman and prime minister Valkyries Poster advertising Peugeot bicyclesWilliam Ewart Gladstone, 19th century British Liberal statesman and prime minister, c1905. William Gladstone (1809 1898) was born in Liverpool and educated at Oxford from where in 1832 he embarked on his political career. He became Prime Minister in 1868, and then a further two times in 1880 and 1886. Whilst in power Gladstone brought in major reforms to Ireland and established a system of national education in England. Photo published in Parliament