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The Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Index

on position of premier, ii. 416; Gladstone's projected letters to, on Sebastopol committee, i. 542 _note_; discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 556; Lewis's budget, i. 560; Divorce bill, i. 570; Conspiracy bill, i. 575; approves Gladstone's refusals to join Der...

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1. i. 526, 530-535;

on position of premier, ii. 416; Gladstone's projected letters to, on Sebastopol committee, i. 542 _note_; discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 556; Lewis's budg...

2. i. 596;

Arthur Gordon's letter to, i. 604; Bright's visit to, i. 626 _note 2_; death of, ii. 87. Foreign influence of, i. 392, 529; foreign estimate of, ii. 351; iii. 321. Gladstone's e...

3. ii. 280, 430, 431;

Acton, Lord, recommended by Gladstone for a peerage, ii. 430; correspondence with Gladstone on Vaticanism, ii. 509, 511, 515, 519-521; compared with Döllinger, ii. 558; letter o...

4. iii. 355-359, 413-416, 422, 456, 457, 544;

Adams, Charles Francis (American minister), hints withdrawal, ii. 80 and _note 2_, 83; Evarts coadjutor to, ii. 189; breakfasts with Gladstone, ii. 212-213; on _Alabama_ case, i...

5. i. 227;

on Peel's retirement, i. 293; presented with Gladstone's translation of _Farini_, i. 403 _note_; Gladstone's budget submitted to, i. 464; on Gladstone's budget speech, i. 469; u...

6. ii. 91;

Althorp, Viscount, Gladstone's first intercourse with, i. 101; dissuades Howick from moving for papers on Vreedenhoop, i. 105; views on Ashley's factory proposals, i. 106; Cobbe...

7. i. 472-473;

on Oxford reform, i. 507-508; willing to yield leadership of Commons to Palmerston, i. 525; views on Derby's failure to form a ministry, i. 527-528; leadership of Commons by, di...

8. i. 576;

animosity against, i. 581; attitude towards Graham, i. 584, 587; Herbert's alleged attitude towards, i. 585; letter to Gladstone, i. 586; conversation with Vitzthum, i. 591 _not...

9. iii. 54, 56;

Bismarck, Prince, Napoleon III. in collision with, ii. 5; rise of, ii. 114; French diplomatic overtures reported by, ii. 319; views on Belgium and Holland, iii. 320; scorn for F...

10. i. 625, 632;

unpopularity of, in Oxford, i. 630; suggests commercial treaty with France, ii. 20; on Paper Duties bill, ii. 34 _note_, 35; attacks fortifications scheme, ii. 47; Gladstone's p...

11. iii. 182;

letter against American war with England, ii. 75; speech on American civil war, ii. 86; Reform bill of 1858, ii. 199, 201; remarks on death of Cobden, ii. 143; Palmerston's rema...

12. iii. 307, 326-327;

13. iii. 326;

letter to Gladstone, iii. 327; long demur regarding vote on second reading, iii. 329; letter to dissentients' meeting, iii. 336; electioneering against the bill, iii. 342. Co-op...

14. ii. 283, 288, 290-293;

electoral defeat of (1874), ii. 491; Irish secretary (1868), ii. 644; president of board of trade (1870), ii. 644; president of council (1883), ii. 654; lord privy seal (1885),...

15. iii. 182;

writes against American war with England, ii. 75; on Danish question, ii. 113, 119; death of, ii. 143. Co-operation, faculty for, i. 189. Disraeli on, i. 352. Forster's estimate...

16. ii. 143, 213;

_Life_ of, cited, 282 _and note_, 291 _note 1_. Originality of, ii. 59, 122; iii. 539. Palmerston's view of, i. 367. Stanley's estimate of, i. 239. Otherwise mentioned, i. 232,...

17. iii. 88;

his efforts against besetting vice of, ii. 250-251; his faith in, i. 621, 650; iii. 173; his moulding of opinion of, iii. 537; their devotion to Gladstone, iii. 89, 90, 250, 330...

18. ii. 630;

president of local government board, ii. 654; claim of, to cabinet position, iii. 99; appointed to local government board, iii. 100; conferences on Franchise bill, iii. 138; agr...

19. iii. 258;

---- Sir John (father), political work of, i. 9-10, 20-21, 249; churches built by, i. 11 _and note 1_; marriage of, i. 16; views of, on slave-holding, i. 22-24; Gladstone's defe...

20. i. 245-246;

Jerusalem bishopric, i. 309; advocates increase in colonial episcopate, i. 330. =1842.= Protection question, i. 249-254; suggests retirement, i. 253; tariff reform, i. 255-257;...

21. i. 267-268;

close relations with Manning and Hope, i. 310; anxiety regarding Newman's position, i. 310-313; protests against sentence on Pusey, i. 317. =1844.= Bill for regulation of compan...

22. i. 293-294;

with Jocelyn and Graham, i. 295; interview with Peel, i. 297-300; quarrel with Lord G. Bentinck, i. 301-302. =1847.= Oxford candidature, i. 328-332; election, i. 333; Jewish Dis...

23. ii. 221;

household suffrage struggle, ii. 223-236; disaffection of followers, ii. 224, 225, 227-228, 232-235; Irish church questions, i. 243; speech at Newspaper Press Fund dinner, ii. 2...

24. iii. 156;

opposes appointment of Zobeir, iii. 158; advises his appointment, iii. 159; illness, iii. 159 _and note_, 160, 162; views on relief expedition for Gordon, iii. 162; Franchise bi...

25. iii. 385;

speech on Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) bill, iii. 375 _and note_; on introduction of closure, iii. 377; on Mitchelstown, iii. 380; _Robert Elsmere_ article, iii. 356-360; to...

26. iii. 455-456;

speech of condolence with the Speaker, iii. 456. =1891.= Death of Granville, iii. 462; death of his eldest son, iii. 460; Fasque-- Glenalmond--Newcastle programme, iii. 462; Bia...

27. iii. 191-192;

28. iii. 232-238;

at Hawarden and Chatsworth, iii. 261; Gladstone's consultations with, iii. 261, 263, 268; view of Irish situation, iii. 288; Gladstone's memorandum, iii. 270-272; declines reque...

29. i. 465, 466, 468;

budgets of, criticised by Gladstone, i. 470; first lord of admiralty, i. 540 _note_; objects to French treaty project, ii. 21; on Paper Duties bill, ii. 31, 33, 37; estimate of...

30. i. 54, 161;

Hampden, Dr., Oxford estimate of (1829), i. 57; Gladstone examined by, in science, i. 78; attack on (1836), i. 161, 167, 316; Gladstone's early views regarding, i. 161, 167; Gla...

31. iii. 133-134, 136, 138;

against franchise extension in Ireland, iii. 141; agrees to send Gordon to Soudan, iii. 150; views on relief of garrisons, iii. 156; defence of government, iii. 163 _and note 1_...

32. iii. 251;

33. iii. 266;

letter to the _Times_, iii. 269, 270, 273; Parnell's attitude towards, iii. 275; announces possibility of counter-declaration, iii. 282; votes with conservatives on Collings' am...

34. ii. 511;

Greek congratulations on, ii. 532; effect of, iii. 257; failure of, iii. 54. (1881) iii. 53-57; debates and speeches on, iii. 56-57; Parnell's attitude towards the Act, iii. 57-...

35. ii. 504, 519-521;

on eastern question, ii. 571; intercourse with Gladstone renewed, iii. 281; on cesser of Irish representation, iii. 325; on Parnell leadership, iii. 448-449. Contrasted with New...

36. i. 88-89;

views of, i. 91-92; Gladstone's relations with, i. 94; Gladstone's visit to, i. 95; Sadler a nominee of, i. 99; Gladstone's first book approved by, i. 176; mentioned, i. 286.

37. iii. 121;

O'Connell, Daniel, repeal amendment of (1833), i. 106; iii. 285 _note_; on Harvey committee, i. 112 _note_, 113; influence of, on Gladstone, i. 113; tory attitude towards, i. 12...

38. iii. 363;

Gladstone's place (1853-1866), i. 631 _note_. Procedure of, violated by Disraeli, ii. 189; altered by Gladstone, ii. 631; Gladstone's advocacy of reform in, iii. 123. Reform, _s...

39. ii. 447-450, 452;

in Lords and Commons controversy, iii. 131; on North's American policy, iii. 181; interview with, on ministerial crisis, iii. 205, 207 _and note_ 1; brings Gladstone the Queen's...

40. ii. 364;

his attitude towards (1872), ii. 388-390; (1880), ii. 630; iii. 5. Irish land purchase opposed by, iii. 190, 194-195. Social programme of (1885), iii. 173-174. Suffrage, attitud...

41. ii. 584;

Gladstone the guest of, ii. 588, 609; speech after Gladstone's election, ii. 612; first commissioner of works, ii. 654; lord privy seal, ii. 654; at Hawarden, iii. 261; Gladston...

42. ii. 281;

on Irish Land bill, ii. 295, 296; on Education bill, ii. 306; on abolition of army purchase, ii. 363, 364; on Collier appointment, ii. 385; on _Alabama_ case, ii. 403; on the Gr...

43. i. 597, 604-608;

44. i. 162, 172-173;

Tait, Archbishop, on Oxford commission, i. 499; Gladstone's letter to, on _Essays and Reviews_ judgment, ii. 164; consultations with, on Irish Church bill, ii. 261-262, 267-270,...

45. ii. 335;

Taxation:-- Chamberlain's views on (1885), iii. 174, 224. Collection of taxes, ii. 650. Conveyance duties, ii. 373, 651. Customs, articles liable to, in various years, ii. 25 _a...

46. iii. 95-96;

47. iii. 129;

her efforts towards settlement, iii. 130-139; on Egyptian question, iii. 80, 159, 162, 167, 179; Gladstone's letters to, on ministerial defeat, i. 199, 202; suggests continuance...

48. iii. 15-16, 40, 115-117, 167, 180, 192, 199, 202, 209, 515;

appreciation of, ii. 267, 426; friction with, ii. 427-428, 599; his estimate of, ii. 424, 626, 628. Gladstone, Mrs., letter to, ii. 472-473; telegram to, iii. 531. Home Rule, at...

49. i. 150-151;

on marriage question, i. 569; advocates revival of convocation, ii. 162; on rise of Disraeli, ii. 230; archbishopric of York desired for, by Gladstone, ii. 430; death of, ii. 45...

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