Gladstone, William Ewart, (1809-1898), statesman

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Surname:	Gladstone
Forenames:	William Ewart
Gender:	Male
Date:	1809-1898
Biography:	ODNB link for Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898), statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275015 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P143596 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Ewart Gladstone

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1892 Aug. 19: W E Gladstone First Lord	The National Archives, Kew	T 40/101
2	12 July 1867 - 19 Oct.1875: From W.E. Gladstone.	The National Archives, Kew	FO 918/5
3	15 May 1870, 23 Feb.1874: To W.E. Gladstone.	The National Archives, Kew	FO 918/5
4	22 Dec.1874: Copies of appreciations by Gladstone and Disraeli of Theodore Martin's Life of the...	The National Archives, Kew	FO 918/5
5	19th cent-20th cent: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44086-44835
6	1818-98: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 44086-835, 44900-01, 56444-53	See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
7	c1817-98: personal, family, business and misc papers	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS	NRA 14174 Gladstone See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
8	1825-1936: journals, corresp, related papers	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 1416-55	NRA 21424 Gladstone
9	1830-98: letters and misc papers	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM668	NRA 33764
10	1845-97: royal corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 73	NRA 21658
11	1874-80: corresp rel to HJ Gladstone's political career; 1881-85: papers of HJ Gladstone as secretary to his father	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46044
12	1850-97: family corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46221
13	1853-92: letters from politicians, churchmen and others (190 items)	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HA54/9/1-190
14	1854-95: letters (69) to Lord Aberdare	Glamorgan Archives	DBR	NRA 13981
15	1837-60: corresp with Lord Aberdeen	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43070-71
16	1839-98: corresp with HW Acland	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Acland	NRA 22893
17	1875-93: corresp with Arthur James Balfour	British Library, Manuscript Collections	ADD MSS 49692 Passim
18	1839-69: letters to Sir Thomas Dyke and Sir CTD Acland, and to the Bishop of Exeter	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1148M	NRA 14687 Acland
19	1834-92: letters to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 89
20	1859-96: corresp with Lord Acton	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add MSS 6443, 8119	NRA 37383 Acton
21	1849-93: letters to Duke of Argyll	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1209/985	NRA 9955 Campbell
22	1852-97: letters to Anne Bennett	Gladstone's Library		NRA 27759
23	1874-91: corresp with Edward Bickersteth	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 2961
24	1865-94: letters to JS Blackie	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.2626-40 passim
25	1836-95: letters to Blackwoods	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 4043-4896 passim
26	1833-72: letters (11) to JW Blakesley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60391A
27	1860-82: corresp with Lord Brabourne	Kent History and Library Centre	U951 C11	NRA 1301 Knatchbull
28	1866-91: corresp with Speaker Brand	Parliamentary Archives	BRA	NRA 6114
29	1869-88: corresp (10 items) with John Bright	Rochdale Local Studies and Archive	672
30	1853-87: corresp with John Bright	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43385
31	1876-96: letters to Henry Broadhurst	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Broadhurst	NRA 7521 Broadhurst
32	corresp with Lord Brougham	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	BROUGHAM BL, HB	See Irwin and Staveley, The Libraries of London
33	1874-96: corresp with James Bryce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Bryce	NRA 6716 Bryce
34	1877-86: corresp with Sir Henry Burdett	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng b 2068-69, c 5894-6032, d 2867-89	NRA 39820
35	1865-68: corresp with Lady Burdett-Coutts (35ff)	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 1823
36	1871-97: corresp with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 41215
37	1842-45: corresp with Lord Canning and Professor Coneybeare	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	Canning papers	NRA 7618 Canning
38	1868-74: corresp with Lord Cardwell	The National Archives	PRO 30/48
39	1863-85: corresp with Lord Carlingford (241 items)	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SH/CP1	NRA 8898 Strachey
40	1858-88: corresp with Lord Carnarvon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 60773, 60783
41	1845-47: letters to Lord Cathcart	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.12686	NRA 3946
42	1844-85: corresp (46 items) with Sir Edwin Chadwick	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	CHADWICK	NRA 21653 Chadwick
43	1834-41: letters to Thomas Chalmers	Edinburgh University: New College Library	CHA4	NRA 27818 Chalmers
44	1880-98: corresp (100 items) with Joseph Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	JC/5, JC/8/8	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
45	1865-1894: corresp with Hugh Childers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Childers papers	NRA 11163
46	c1860-70: letters to Lord Clarendon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Clar dep	NRA 6302
47	1841-96: corresp with Richard Cobden	West Sussex Record Office	Cobden papers	NRA 10616 Cobden
48	corresp with Sir George Cockburn	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	MSS16295	NRA 28001
49	1860-77: corresp with Lord Cottesloe	Buckinghamshire Archives	D/FR	NRA 15283 Fremantle
50	1880-94: corresp with Leonard Courtney	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	COURTNEY	NRA 7523
51	1853-66: letters to Lord Cowley	The National Archives	FO 519
52	1862-66: letters to WF Cowper	University of Southampton Library	HMC	NRA 25760 Cowper-Temple
53	1843-46: letters (51) to Marquess of Dalhousie	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD45	NRA 17164 See NRAS 0805
54	1849-73: corresp (c41 items) with JE Denison	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Os	NRA 205 Denison
55	1841-63: letters to 14th Earl of Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 Der 14, box 135	NRA 20084
56	1861-94: letters (10) to 7th Duke and (c200) to 8th Duke of Devonshire	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth		NRA 20594 Cavendish
57	1870-94: corresp with Sir Charles Dilke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43875-85 passim
58	1853-78: letters (43) to Benjamin Disraeli	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Disraeli	NRA 842 Disraeli
59	1853-79: corresp (24 items) with Edward Ellice junior and senior	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 15017	NRA 883 See NRAS 1968
60	letters to Lord Emly	National Library of Ireland	MS 19337
61	1873-79: corresp with Sir James Fergusson, 6th Bt	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS3572/11/41,76	NRA 41047 Fergusson
62	letters to Alexander Forbes	Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services	BrMS 1/1-4	NRA 33180 See NRAS 3185
63	1836-53: corresp with Henry Goulburn	Surrey History Centre	319	NRA 777
64	1839-1861: corresp with Sir James Graham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Dep. 9374	NRA 2634 Graham See Annual Return 1994
65	1868-1874: corresp with 2nd Earl Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO 30/29
66	1880-82: corresp with 2nd Earl Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43875-80 passim
67	1848-93: letters (10) to WA Greenhill	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Autogr e 4
68	1846-84: corresp (30 items) with 3rd Earl Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	GRE/B87/5	NRA 6228 Grey
69	1858-69: corresp with General Charles Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	ADDNC	NRA 6228 Grey
70	1865-92: letters (c35) to Sir WB Gurdon	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HA 54	See HMC Papers of British Politicians 1782-1900, 1989
71	1854-84: letters to Lord Halifax	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers A4/83	NRA 8128 Wood
72	1874-97: corresp with Sir Edward Walter Hamilton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 48607A,B	NRA 20962
73	corresp with Sir William Harcourt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Harcourt	NRA 3679
74	1841-75: letters (11) to Lord Harrowby	Harrowby Manuscripts Trust		NRA 1561 Ryder
75	letters to Lord Hatherton	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D260, 1121, 1178, 4028, 4513, 4787	NRA 4022 Littleton See NRAS 0044
76	1845-73: corresp with Edward Hawkins	Oxford University: Oriel College Archives		See Oriel College Record, 1958, p15
77	1850-89: corresp with Sidney and Elizabeth Herbert	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2057	NRA 22080 Herbert
78	1853-81: corresp with Sir Charles John Herries	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 57466	NRA 4798
79	1859-72: corresp with Lord Alfred Hervey	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	1978 list, p28	NRA 3945 Jolliffe
80	1881-86: corresp with Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Gloucestershire Archives	D2440	NRA 3526
81	1879-92: letters to Robert Holt	Liverpool Record Office	920 DUR/10	NRA 8155
82	1862-98: corresp with GJ Holyoake	Co-operative Heritage Trust Archive	MM/96636/1-12	NRA 16403 Holyoake
83	1845-62: corresp with GW Hope	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD364	NRA 10172 Hope See NRA(S)1021
84	1844-46: letters to JJ Hope-Johnstone	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS2171	NRA 12630 Hope-Johnstone
85	1837-72: corresp with JR Hope-Scott	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3669-79 passim
86	c1832-77: letters to Charles and Revd HJ Hotham	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DDHO	NRA 5408
87	1835-84: letters (60) to Lord Houghton	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library		See HMC corresp file 19/2/1987
88	1870-84: misc corresp with Joshua Hughs, Bishop of St Asaph	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9557	NRA 43940
89	1873: letters (10) to John Kells Ingram	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D2808	See Report 1966-72 p162
90	1853-55: letters to Francis Jeune	Oxford University: Pembroke College Archives	60/12	NRA 29439 Oxford Univ Pembroke
91	1860-68: letters to Sir WGH Jolliffe	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD/HY	NRA 3945 Jolliffe
92	1840-65: letters (23) to John Keble	Oxford University: Keble College Archives		NRA 21028 Keble
93	1853-94: corresp with Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
94	1891-93: letters to Lord Kimberley	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 10244	NRA 22490 Primrose
95	letters to AW Kinglake	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives		See Cambridge Univ Reporter, 12/5/1965, p1807
96	1861-83: corresp with Sir Austen Layard	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38987-39140 passim
97	1867-77: letters (32) to Joseph Levy	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 29865 Lawson
98	1841-63: corresp with Sir GC Lewis	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Harpton Court MSS and MS 21796B	NRA 22798 Duff Gordon
99	1871-89: letters (17) to JB Lightfoot	Durham Cathedral Library	Lightfoot papers	NRA 28624 Lightfoot
100	c1850-85: letters to TB Lloyd Baker	Gloucestershire Archives	D49, D3549	NRA 10000 Lloyd-Baker
101	1858-59: letters (60) to Lord Lytton	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
102	1868-98: corresp with Macmillans	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 55243
103	1837-91: corresp with HE Manning	Emory University: Pitts Theology Library	MSS 002
104	1862-96: letters (40) to Friedrich Max Muller	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng c 2805, d 2347	NRA 12354 Muller
105	1853-91: letters (28) to Frederick Meyrick	Pusey House Library		NRA 30605 Meyrick
106	1865-76: letters to George Moffat	Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre	F8/IV/42	NRA 39474 Moffatt
107	1864-1875: corresp with Sir Robert Morier	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		NRA 26599 Morier
108	1871-94: letters (c35) to AJ Mundella	Sheffield University: Special Collections and Archives	MS 6 - 9, MS 22	NRA 6510
109	1832-65: corresp with Dukes of Newcastle	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Ne	NRA 7411 Pelham
110	1846-98: letters (105) to Barons Northbourne	Collection held privately: enquiries to Kent History and Library Centre		NRA 23887 James
111	1852-85: corresp with Sir Stafford Northcote	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 50014	NRA 5873
112	1864-81: corresp with Lord O'Hagan	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D2777	NRA 18813 O'Hagan
113	1851-65: corresp (200 items) with Lord Palmerston	University of Southampton Library	MS 62	NRA 12889
114	1843-75: letters to Sir Anthony Panizzi	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 36715-26 passim
115	1841-49: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40469-70
116	1858-66: corresp with Sir Thomas Phillipps	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Phillipps-Robinson	NRA 26260
117	letters to Henry Phillpotts	Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives	ED/11	NRA 25909 Phillpotts
118	1859-92: letters (37) to Lord Playfair	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	L. Playfair	NRA 11556 Playfair
119	1870-94: corresp with Sir Henry Ponsonby	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45724
120	1886-89: letters to Sir Henry Primrose	Duke University: William R Perkins Library	34C	NRA 29599 Primrose
121	1835-75: letters to Edward Pusey	Pusey House Library		NRA 19807 Pusey House coll
122	1865-95: corresp with William Rathbone	University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives	Rathbone papers	NRA 7187 Rathbone
123	1887-97: corresp (c80 items) with Lord Rendel; notes of conversations	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MSS 19440-67, 20569-72, 23028-35	NRA 7517 Rendel
124	1857-96: corresp with Lord Ripon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43513-15
125	1854-87: letters (20) to JE Thorold Rogers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng misc c 583-86, d 902, e 855, f 476-98, g 100-01; Eng lett c 334; Eng poet e 131, f 31	NRA 12396 Rogers
126	1872-97: corresp with Lord Rosebery	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.10001-10216	NRA 22490 Primrose
127	1859-74: corresp with CW Russell	National University of Ireland, Maynooth: Russell Library		NRA 28335 Russell
128	1859-65: corresp with Lord John Russell	The National Archives	PRO30/22
129	1867-74: corresp with Lord Odo Russell	The National Archives	FO 918
130	1845-85: letters to Robert Scott	Pusey House Library		NRA 29545 Scott
131	1852-1860: letters to William Scott	Lambeth Palace Library	Scott	NRA 26478
132	1850-94: corresp with Lord Selborne etc	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 1861-1906	NRA 11918
133	letters (30) to Joseph Severn	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Reports xxx-xxxiv
134	1842-95: corresp with GJ Shaw-Lefevre	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS55	NRA 9758
135	1872-91: letters to WH Smith	University of Reading: Special Collections		NRA 4812 Smith
136	1854-55: letters to William Smythe of Methven re Trinity College, Glenalmond (13 items)	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD190 3/364	NRA 34095 Smythe
137	1859-61: letters (17) to Duke of Somerset	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1392M 1392M/L15-19 1799Madd2	NRA 12798 Seymour
138	1859-66: letters (73) to Duke of Somerset	Buckinghamshire Archives	D-RA	NRA 11704 Ramsden
139	1861-65: letters to THS Sotheron Estcourt	Gloucestershire Archives	D1571	NRA 2630 Sotheron
140	1873-96: letters (9) to Herbert Spencer	London University: Senate House Library	MS 791	NRA 16253 Spencer
141	1835-75: corresp with Lord Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/C340	NRA 25095
142	1851-98: corresp with Lord Stanmore	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 49209	NRA 20961
143	1878-96: corresp with WT Stead (15 items)	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	STED	NRA 32593
144	letters to John Swinton	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS200	NRA 10561
145	1852-82: corresp with AC Tait	Lambeth Palace Library	Tait	NRA 8476 Tait
146	1836-89: letters to Sir Henry Taylor etc	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 1
147	1844-84: letters to Martin Tupper	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett e 1
148	1843-1856: corresp with David Urquhart	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		NRA 11691 Urquhart
149	corresp with HH Vivian	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Vivian	NRA 25196 Vivian
150	1866-70: letters (17) to SH Walpole	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 23819 Walpole See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
151	1859-1896: letters (15) to George Frederic Watts	National Portrait Gallery		NRA 34418 Watts
152	1859-80: corresp with Lord Wemyss	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS208	NRA 10743 Charteris
153	1870-97: letters (10) to Duke of Westminster	Collection held privately: enquiries to Cheshire Archives and Local Studies		NRA 13470 Grosvenor
154	1838-54: letters (24) to Robert Wilberforce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65	NRA 7132 Wilberforce
155	1834-73: corresp with Samuel Wilberforce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Wilberforce d 35-38, e 2	NRA 7132 Wilberforce
156	letters (18) to George Wilson	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M20
157	1848-70: letters (20) to HA Woodgate	Pusey House Library		NRA 28341 Woodgate
158	1830-91: corresp with Charles Wordsworth	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 1823
159	1843-84: corresp with Christopher Wordsworth	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 2184
160	1838-97: misc letters (c50) from him	Liverpool Record Office	920 GLA	NRA 10629
161	1876-90: postcards (16) to editor of Jewish Chronicle	Jewish Museum, London	MS 193	NRA 30955
162	c1873-95: corresp among Viscount Cobham papers	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	705:658	NRA 14331 Edgley & Co
163	1889-90: proofs with amendments of On books and the housing of them	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don c 94	See Accessions to Repositories 1968
164	1841-97: letters (26) from him and (43) from his wife	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services		See Annual Report 1978-79, p61
165	1841-1904: misc letters and papers (52 items)	Duke University: William R Perkins Library		See Guide, 1980, p200
166	1836-97: letters to various correspondents	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don a 9
167	1841-93: letters (33)	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979
168	1839-1895: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9812-10290, 10708-10997 Passim
169	1886: letters (3)	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)	AN4518
170	1854, 1888: letter concerning the decaying fabric of Westminster Abbey; letters rel to the Westminster Abbey Bill 1888	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM OAA/1; WAM 61636, 61661B
171	c1890-2002: magic lantern slide showing Gladstone's study at Hawarden Castle and other items rel to the Gladstone family	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)	AN4741 & AN4775	See Annual Return 2013
172	copies of some documents in the Glynne-Gladstone Manuscripts held in the Flintshire Record Office	Nottinghamshire Archives	DD/449
173	1841-1908: corresp	Princeton University Library	C0916
174	c1891-1900: family photographs and copies of the "Gladstone Memorial Number" published by the Black and White Publishing Co with the Daily Mail and "The Funeral of WE Gladstone" published by The Graphic newspaper	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Ruthin (formerly Denbighshire Archives)	AN5103, AN5137, AN5138	See Annual Return 2017

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Category of relationship
1	Drew, Mary, (1847-1927), author, private secretary of WE Gladstone	parent/child	Family
2	Gladstone, Catherine, (1812-1900), philanthropist, wife of William Ewart Gladstone	spouse	Family
3	Hawarden Castle	Family home	Associative