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Há 4 dias · On Gladstone becoming First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer in April, 1880, he took up his residence at No. 10, Downing Street, leaving No. 11 to be occupied by his secretarial staff.
Há 5 dias · On six occasions between 1660 and 1714 the office of Treasurer was held by individuals. During the same period it was in commission for rather more than half the time. It has invariably been so since 1714. The commission appointed in 1660 conformed to an earlier pattern and was composed of nine senior Privy Counsellors.
Há 3 dias · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Há 3 dias · Gladstone, who had gone into retirement as Liberal leader in 1875, was slower to respond to the issue than many of his followers, but, once roused, he emerged from retirement, wrote an immensely influential pamphlet on the atrocities, and led a public campaign on the platform and in the press.
Há 1 dia · But the statesman's son, Home Secretary Herbert Gladstone, angered the King by planning to permit Roman Catholic priests in vestments to carry the Host through the streets of London, and by appointing two ladies, Lady Frances Balfour and May Tennant (wife of H. J. Tennant), to serve on a Royal Commission on reforming divorce law ...
Há 5 dias · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Sep 22, 2024 • Article History. The so-called Wars of the Roses was the struggle between the Yorkist and Lancastrian descendants of Edward III for control of the throne and of local government. The origins of the conflict have been the subject of much debate.
Há 2 dias · Gladstone, Whig and later Liberal prime minister, was the major single influence on the 19th-century liberal state and arguably the most gifted British politician of his time.
