Talk:William Ewart Gladstone

I concede that the months might be relevant here strictly speaking, but has a jealous Margaret Thatcher supporter written this article?

First premiership (1868–1874) i.e. 6 years Second premiership (1880–1885) 5 Third premiership (1886) 1 Fourth premiership (1892–1894) 2

Total 14 (not 12)

That is the norm in politics, irrespective of the months. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-18933-63 (talk) 17:43, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Gladstone did not get a double first. He failed to meet the residence requirement and took his degree automatically as the son of a peer. Also the discussion of the Oxford Union rather understates his relationship to it which was rather more central. Gladstone founded another debate society known as the WEG. The Union was founded five years before Gladstone matriculated but it was just one of many debate societies in the early years. Gladstone performed a sort of reverse merger, folding the WEG into the Union. He then used the Oxford Union and the Liberal Club as ongoing political vehicles throughout his career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:4040:5C4A:FA00:FD68:FEBA:1DE8:E321 (talk) 04:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

I am a student at Colgate University, and I am working on an assignment for my Egyptian history class to update information regarding the 1882 British invasion and occupation of Egypt. As such, I updated the section describing Gladstone's role in the invasion of Egypt according to information from well-credited historical essays on the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrobson1987 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

@Alexgt2007: 1) Stop edit warring ! 2) I really think that you should take a look at WP:DEFINING and then revert at least some of your additions of categories. 3) This is the article about Gladstone. We should be informed about what is relevant by good academic sources about Gladstone. I don't doubt that Gladstone made that remark, but I doubt that experts on Gladstone consider it relevant enough for a page as short as this one. Rsk6400 (talk) 05:08, 4 May 2026 (UTC)