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; Biarritz, iii. 463 _et seq._; birthday, iii. 477. =1892.= Biarritz, iii. 480 _et seq._; to the Riviera, iii. 489; re-elected for Midlothian, iii. 492; formation of cabinet, iii. 494-495 _note_; Home Rule bill, iii. 496. =1893.= Home Rule bill, iii. 500 _et seq._; reply to Chamberlain, iii. 499-500; at Biarritz, iii. 504,508. =1894.= Advocates dissolution on Lords question, iii. 505; naval estimates, iii. 506-508; return to England, iii. 509; last cabinet, iii. 510-511; last speech in parliament, iii. 511-512; at Windsor, iii. 512-514; letter of resignation, iii. 514; the Queen's reply, iii. 515; letter to Sir H. Ponsonby, iii. 516. =1895-1898.= Literary work, iii. 520-521; speeches at Chester and Liverpool, iii. 521-522; last diary entry, iii. 523; visit to Cannes, iii. 523; last meeting with the Queen, iii. 524; visit to Butterstone, iii. 525; illness, iii. 525-528; visit to Cannes, iii. 526; to Bournemouth, iii. 526; at Hawarden, iii. 526-528; death, iii. 528; parliamentary tributes, iii. 528-531; foreign tributes, iii. 531-533; funeral, iii. 533. Characteristics:-- Ambition for noble ends, i. 218. Caution--suspense of judgment, i. 309, 376, 418, 547; iii. 343. Concentration, i. 186, 190, 255; iii. 88. Considerateness, i. 195, 339, 364; iii. 456. Continuity, i. 190. Conversational charm, ii. 180, 561; iii. 482. Co-operation, aptitude for, i. 189-190. Copiousness, ii. 427; iii. 502. Courage, i. 188, 218; ii. 246; iii. 44. Courtesy, i. 213; ii. 416, 532, 562. Deference to colleagues, ii. 415-416, 420, 492; iii. 4, 5, 497, 530. Detachment--alacrity of mind--freedom of judgment, ii. 168, 562. Disregard of appearances--regard for things rather than persons, i. 357; ii. 365; iii. 536-537, 540. Duality of disposition, i. 2, 18, 189, 264. Eloquence-- oratorical power, i. 191-195, 261, 410; ii. 41, 54-55, 123, 439, 566; absence of bitterness, i. 503; battle-cry element, ii. 592; dramatic force, ii. 589, 594; iii. 500; lofty tone, i. 5, 14; iii. 312; persuasiveness, i. 440; physical resources, ii. 380, 593; iii. 60, 91, 338, 500. Essentials, grasp of, iii. 54, 331, 371. Excitability of temperament--nervous sensibility, i. 83, 103, 434; ii. 40, 111, 119, 140, 381, 493, 565, 576, 631; iii. 18, 101-102, 170, 290. Family feeling, i. 95-96, 339. Gaiety of mind, i. 188. Gravity of temperament, i. 212. Growth, mental, continuance of, i. 207-208. Humanity, ii. 555, 561, 595, 596. Hurry, i. 186-187, 380. Idealism, i. 197-198, 255. Imagination, moral and political, i. 189, 255; ii. 56, 554; iii. 244, 540. Impulsiveness, ii. 148, 203. Industry, i. 186, 192, 197; ii. 261, 421; iii. 88, 298, 496; in public duties, i. 101-102; ii. 418, 422; iii. 7-8, 110, 353, 496. Intellectual curiosity, limits of, i. 202, 209. Intensity, ii. 563. Irritability, ii. 228. Lancashire temperament, i. 192; ii. 41, 60. Liberty, instinct for, _see_ Liberty. Loyalty to colleagues, ii. 599-601, 603, 619; iii. 110, 510. Magnanimity, ii. 48. Missionary temper, i. 231. Modesty, ii. 561. Musical ability, i. 98. Nature, delight in, ii. 280; iii. 478, 479. Opportuneness, sense of, i. 190; ii. 240-241; iii. 258, 276, 509, 539. Optimism--confidence, i. 218, 312, 364, 611, 630; ii. 265; iii. 354. Orderliness, i. 206; iii. 88. Over-refining--subtlety--'sophistry,' i. 165, 210-212, 354, 359, 453, 516; ii. 54, 396, 590; ii. 185. Patience, iii. 185, 298, 456, 497. Patriotism, i. 617. Practical aptitude, i. 67, 195, 206; ii. 547, 553; iii. 88. Personal questions, dislike of, ii. 462; iii. 455, 456. Quietude, desire for, i. 187. Religious temper, i. 2-4, 31, 56-57, 84, 200-201, 204; fixity of dogmatic views, i. 153, 207; religious growth, 160-162; leanings towards clerical calling, i. 323-324, 382, 383, 635-641. Reserve, i. 196-197, 376. Resignation, i. 215-217. Scrupulosity, i. 261. Self-control, i. 189, 196; iii. 195, 298. Self-distrust, i. 190-191. Simplicity--trustfulness, i. 194, 197, 204; ii. 570; iii. 540. Sincerity--integrity, i. 193, 194, 261, 410, 440; ii. 531, 554; iii. 482, 540. Slowness of mental development, i. 14, 198, 529; of judgment, i. 453. Tact, iii. 100. Tenacity of purpose, i. 315; ii. 38, 42, 59, 138, 207, 211, 404, 415, 569; iii. 29, 186, 209, 331. Tolerance, i. 316-317; ii. 416, 432, 517, 535; iii. 12-13, 18. Tradition, reverence for, i. 201-202, 209. Unity of purpose, i. 200. Versatility, i. 184; ii. 168; iii. 455, 467. Vital energy, i. 185; iii. 60, 498. Vivacity, ii. 593. Walking, fondness for, i. 116. Will-power, i. 185, 189, 470. Eyesight, difficulties with, i. 111, 138, 140, 142, 143, 173, 185, 230; cataract, iii. 492, 506, 515, 517-519. Family and genealogy of, i. 7-9 _and note_, 16 _and note 2_, 17 _notes_. Horoscope of, i. 197. Letters of, characteristics of, i. 6; ii. 180. Residences of, i. 232-233 _note_; ii. 523 _note_. Verses by; i. 38, 63 _note_, 118.

Gladstone, Mrs. W. E. (wife), on Gladstone's duality, i. 189; ancestry of, i. 223; to possess Hawarden Castle for life, i. 344; at Oxford (1848), i. 377; at Hagley, i. 572; foreign travel prescribed for, i. 596; Wood's conversations with, i. 623, 624; at Newcastle (1862), ii. 78; intimacy of, with Duchess of Sutherland, ii. 183; medical skill of, ii. 190; appears to rioters, ii. 211; accompanies Gladstone to Midlothian, ii. 587; to Cannes (1882), iii. 102; has news of Cavendish murder, iii. 67; visit to Biarritz, iii. 463; on necessity for her husband's hearing both sides, iii. 479; eightieth birthday, i. 486; Rosbery's tribute to, iii. 531; death of, iii. 533; W. E. Gladstone's letters to, i. 187, 215, 233, 272-275, 276, 285, 335-336, 339-340, 355, 383-384, 436-439, 445, 480 _note_, 481 _and note_, 519, 570-573, 575; ii. 21, 138-141, 143, 152, 154, 378-379, 500, 503, 522, 523; iii. 115, 186, 352, 420.

---- W. H. (son), birth of, i. 227; letters to, on Hawarden estate, i. 340-343, 344-349; parliamentary career of, i. 346, 348; Gladstone unwilling to bequeath a title to, i. 384; speech at his father's Lancashire candidature, ii. 147; Gladstone's letter to, on ecclesiastical affairs, ii. 159; letter on dissolution (1874), ii. 487; Worcestershire candidature of (1880), ii. 614; return to Hawarden after election, ii. 617; death of, iii. 460; otherwise mentioned, ii. 98, 139, 410, 603, 604, 617.

Glanville, cited, i. 209 _and note 1_.

Glasgow, Gladstone's inaugural address at (1879), ii. 590-591; public meetings, i. 591-592; iii. 562.

_Gleanings_, preparation of, ii. 581; later series of, iii. 521.

Gledstanes, family of, i. 8-9 _and note_, 16 _and note 2_.

Glenalmond, i. 230-231; iii. 462.

Glenelg, Lord, i. 144, 362.

Glynne, Lady, i. 274, 341.

---- Catherine (_see also_ Gladstone, Mrs. W. E.), Gladstone's engagement to, i. 222.

Glynne, Henry, i. 342-344.

---- Sir Stephen, Gladstone's travels with, i. 173; candidature of, in Flintshire, i. 239; financial affairs of, i. 337 _et seq._; repulsed at election (1857), i. 565; munificence of, ii. 195; death of, ii. 500; otherwise mentioned, i. 223; ii. 274, 279, 373 _note 1_, 385, 410, 418, 421, 446, 476.

Goderich, Lord, i. 75, 431, 543.

Goethe, i. 159, 202; ii. 467, 534.

Gordon, Colonel, i. 228.

---- Arthur, _see_ Stanmore.

---- General, advises evacuation of Soudan, iii. 147-148, 153-154; suggested for the work, iii. 149; previous career of, iii. 149 _note 3_; agrees to policy of evacuation, iii. 150, 153-155; characteristics of, iii. 151; popular feeling for, iii. 152, 156; changes his plans, iii. 152; appointed temporarily governor-general of Soudan, iii. 152; instructions of, iii. 153, 154, 554; views of, on the situation, iii. 153, 155; request regarding Zobeir, iii. 155-160; shows Khedive's secret firman, iii. 160-162 _and note 1_; reports himself safe, iii. 162; relief expeditions to, contemplated, iii. 162-164; Nile expedition to, despatched, iii. 165; death of, iii. 166; Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 169; Gladstone's views of appointment of, iii. 177, 196.

Gorham case, i. 316, 378-381, 632.

Görres, Dr., i. 319-320 _and note 1_.

Gortchakoff, ii. 15, 343, 350, 353 _note_, 354, 355.

Goschen, G. J., included in Russell cabinet (1865), ii. 156 and _note 1_; on Irish Church bill, ii. 274; bill of, for throwing open all lay degrees, ii. 313; on civil service reform, ii. 315; president of poor law board (1868), ii. 644; Local Bating bill of, ii. 377, 388; first lord of admiralty (1871), ii. 615; considered for exchequer (1873), ii. 463; opposition support of, i. 472-473; opposes reduction of estimates (1874), ii. 483-484; at Constantinople, iii. 9-10; on Soudan question, iii. 175, 176; votes with conservatives on Collings' amendment, iii. 288; against home rule, iii. 291 _note_, 294; defeated in Edinburgh, iii. 343; chancellor of exchequer (1886), iii. 364; compared with Hartington, iii. 366; urged by Hartington to join the government, iii. 367; budget (1887), iii. 385; otherwise mentioned, ii. 498, 503, 504, 563, 625, 644-645; iii. 220, 268.

Goulburn, Henry, appointed chancellor of exchequer, i. 240; attitude of, towards repeal, i. 283; towards Lord Derby, i. 419; otherwise mentioned, i. 271, 420, 472.

Government Annuities bill, ii. 52-53, 125.

---- powers, i. 304.

Gower, F. Leveson, ii. 459 _note_.

---- Lord Ronald, ii. 183.

Grafton, Duke of, ii. 467.

Graham, General, iii. 176.

---- Sir James:-- _Chronology_--Reform advocated by, i. 143; corn laws defended by, i. 114, 249; resigns on Irish church question, i. 154; estimate of Peel, i. 248, 263; attitude towards protection, i. 253, 352; bill on Irish colleges, ii. 434; supports Peel on repeal, i. 283; views on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 295, 296; on Peel's changes of policy, i. 296; on Disraeli's agricultural distress motion, i. 354-356; Don Pacifico debate, i. 368; papal aggression question, i. 407; Russell's proposal to include, i. 416; decides for Russell rather than Derby, i. 418-421 _and note_, 423, 424; views on Gladstone's attitude to Disraeli, i. 432; Russell's attitude towards, i. 444; refuses chancellorship of exchequer, i. 447-448; on Gladstone's representation of Oxford, i. 453; on Gladstone's budget, i. 465, 466; misgivings of, i. 466, 467; on Napoleon III., i. 485; on Peelites' position regarding Palmerston, i. 534; opposes Roebuck's proposal, i. 538; resigns, i. 539; reason for resigning, i. 542; efforts for peace, i. 546; Gladstone's relations with, i. 551, 559; position of, contrasted with Gladstone's, i. 555; discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 552, 556; views of, on reconstructed government, i. 561; on Divorce bill, i. 571; uneasiness regarding Gladstone, i. 581; on party relationships, i. 584 _and note_; Disraeli's attitude towards, i. 584, 587; inclines to Gladstone's joining Derby, i. 586, 590, 591; in sympathy with Palmerston's government, i. 628; on Russell's despatch regarding Italy, ii. 16; death of, ii. 87-88.

Debating, method of, i. 195. Estimate of, i. 407-408. Gladstone's estimate of, i. 248, 250; iii. 525; his estimate of Gladstone, i. 186; ii. 170; Gladstone contrasted with, i. 407; otherwise mentioned, i. 126, 177, 238, 248, 258, 273, 275, 293, 405 _note_, 418, 420, 445, 446, 449, 482, 490, 492, 511, 526, 535, 536, 560, 566, 576, 593, 595-596, 613; ii. 30, 37, 194, 302.

Gramont, Duc de, ii. 325-328, 330, 334, 336, 337.

Grant, General, ii. 406.

---- G., Gladstone's godfather, i. 7.

Granville, Lord:-- _Chronology_--On cession of Canada, i. 402 _note_; on Gladstone's budget, i. 466; on Peelites' refusal to join Palmerston, i. 535; tries to form a government, i. 625; French treaty, ii. 22; Paper Duties bill, ii. 33, 37; letter to Gladstone on his leadership, ii. 172; against vote of confidence after Reform defeat, ii. 207; on Gladstone's _Chapter of Autobiography_, ii. 249-250; colonial secretary (1868), ii. 644; Irish Church bill, ii. 261-262, 269-271, 274-279, 645; foreign secretary (1870), ii. 324, 644; efforts to avert Franco-Prussian war, ii. 325-330, 335; deprecates Gladstone's absence, ii. 422; Gladstone's daily conferences with, ii. 338; on annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, ii. 348; on Black Sea provisions of Treaty of Paris, ii. 349-351, 355; on Collier appointment, ii. 383; on _Alabama_ case, ii. 403, 410, 411; opposes honours for Mill, ii. 430; consultations with, on ministerial crisis, ii. 446-447, 452; at Hawarden (1873), ii. 474; advocates resignation before assembling, ii. 492; on question of leadership, ii. 504; on Italian view of _Vatican Decrees_ pamphlet, ii. 520; reports Disraeli's proposed resignation, ii. 550; on Bulgarian question, ii. 550, 552, 556, 564; views on the party vote, ii. 568; succession of, to power, foretold by Gladstone, ii. 582; approves Gladstone's Midlothian candidature, ii. 584, 585; views on leadership, ii. 601-602 _and note_, 620-621, 624; omission of, by the Queen, disapproved by Gladstone, ii. 622; foreign secretary (1880), ii. 625, 626, 653; Smyrna demonstration affair, iii. 9; Egyptian question (1881-82), iii. 74, 76-80, 87; letter to Gladstone on renewed offer of peerage, iii. 104; conferences on Franchise bill, iii. 137, 138; correspondence, etc., on evacuation of Soudan, iii. 147,149 _and note 2_, 152 _and note_, 157 _note 2_, 159, 160 _note_, 162, 164; agrees to send Gordon to Soudan, iii. 150; at his send-off, iii. 150 _note_; Gladstone's conversations with, on Ireland (May '85),