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Mary Drew (née Gladstone; 23 November 1847 – 1 January 1927) was a political secretary, writer, and hostess. She was the daughter of the British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, and achieved notability as his advisor, confidante and private secretary.
Artist based in Hydra working with fibre. Seven Sleepers 2000 - 2023, 120 x 110 cm. Closing the Shutters of My World 2005 - 2022, 110 x 145 cm. Early a Morning Music 2021, 40 x 30 cm. Still 2019, 30 x 25 cm. Night School 2021, 40 x 45 cm. Clarity of Night 2015, 40 x 45 cm. Greening 2023, 60 x 50 cm.
5 de jul. de 2023 · English. xviii, 305 pages ; 26 cm. "The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving prime ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable musician, hostess of one of the most influential political salons in late Victorian London, and probably the first female prime ministerial private secretary in Britain.
The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving Prime Ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable musician, hostess of one of the most influential political salons in late-Victorian London, and probably the first female prime ministerial private secretary in Britain.
- Phyllis Weliver
- 2017
21 de dez. de 2018 · Mary Gladstone (1847–1927) is an intriguing woman. One of eight children born to Catherine and William Gladstone, she was a talented pianist and avid music lover, as well as serving as one of her father’s five private secretaries (from 1881) during his second period as Prime Minister.
- Sophie Fuller
- 2018
5 de mar. de 2015 · Dr Phyllis Weliver discusses the life of Mary Gladstone, daughter of William Gladstone, who was a master of 'soft diplomacy' and brought music-making to the heart of Downing Street. Show more
Há 2 dias · Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon: Music, Literature, Liberalism is the first book-length study of music and liberalism, of any period or place. Until now, statesmen and men of letters have been the focus of books about high Victorian liberals; my monograph presents how top-drawer music-making, led by a particularly prominent ...
