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UK / Great Britain: William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister of Great Britain 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894

UK / Great Britain: William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister of Great Britain 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894

William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898), was a British Liberal politician. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times (1868–74, 1880–85, February–July 1886 and 1892–94), more than any other person, and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister; he resigned for the final time when was 84 years old.

Gladstone is consistently ranked as one of Britain's greatest Prime Ministers.

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