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Name: Gladstone William Ewart 1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and 1892–94 Liberal
Born: December 1809 in Rodney Street, Liverpool
First entered Parliament: 14 December 1832
Age he became PM: 58 years, 340 days; 70 years, 116 days; 76 years, 34 days; 82 years, 230 days
Maiden Speech: 3 June 1833, defending his father's interests in West Indies sugar plantations
Total time as PM: 12 years, 126 days
Died: 19 May 1898 at Hawarden Castle, Flint
Nicknames: ‘Grand Old Man’ and ‘The People's William’
Education: Eton and Christ Church, Oxford
Family: Gladstone was the fourth son and fifth of six children. He was married to Catherine Glynne and had four sons and four daughters
Interests: Reading, singing, collecting paintings and porcelain, chopping down trees
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