William Ewart Gladstone, 19th century British Liberal statesman and prime minister chapel of ease Interior view of the King's

Interior view of the King's Theatre

A waiter on the right draws a cork from a bottle

Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance

Botanical study of prickly sow-thistle with jagged leaves (Sonchus asper laciniatus)

William Ewart Gladstone, 19th century British Liberal statesman and prime minister chapel of ease Interior view of the King'sWilliam 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