GLADSTONE (William Ewart, 1809-1898, Prime Minister)

Autograph note signed on a postcard addressed to H. Speight thanking him for his “courtesy in sending me the extract inclosed in your note of the 10th inst...”, 1 side postcard, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 14th November

After the 1880 general election, Gladstone formed his second ministry (1880–1885), which saw the passage of the Third Reform Act as well as crises in Egypt (culminating in the Fall of Khartoum) and Ireland, where his government passed repressive measures but also improved the legal rights of Irish tenant farmers.

Item Date:  1883

Stock No:  42919      £75

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