Friday, 18 April 2014
482 William H Gladstone
Constituency : Chester 1865-8, Whitby 1868-80, East Worcestershire 1880-85
William took Chester from the Tories.
William was the eldest son of William E. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He was a keen musician , playing the organ and composing hymn tunes of his own. He disliked church choirs because they discouraged the participation of the congregation. He also played football and played for Scotland in the first Anglo-Scottish international in 1870.
In 1868 William became a whip in his father's first government.In 1874 William inherited the Glynne estates including Hawarden Castle on the death of his uncle. He never spoke in the House.
William suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed and I'm guessing compelled his retirement in 1885.
It's fair to say that William never really emerged from the long shadow of his father especially as he died aged 51 of a brain tumour in 1891, a year before his father commenced his final ministry.
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