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Informationen zum Autor JOHN MORLEY Born on December 24, 1838, John Morley was the 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, OM, PC, FRS, FBA. He died on September 23, 1923, and was a British Liberal politician, author, and newspaper editor. He started out as a reporter in the North of England and then became editor of the newly liberal Pall Mall Gazette from 1880 to 1883. In 1883, he was chosen as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP). In 1886, 1892, and 1895, he was Chief Secretary for Ireland. From 1905 to 1910 and again in 1911, he was Secretary of State for India. From 1910 to 1914, he was Lord President of the Council. Morley was a well-known political analyst and wrote a biography of William Gladstone, who was his hero. His works and "reputation as the last of the great nineteenth-century Liberals" made Morley famous. He was against the Second Boer War and empire. He believed that Ireland should have Home Rule. He quit the government in August 1914 because he didn't want Britain to join the First World War as a Russian friend. Klappentext First published in 1903! this authorised biography of the Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone provides valuable insights into Victorian political life. Zusammenfassung First published in 1903, this authorised biography of four-times Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone (1809–1898) provides valuable insights into Victorian political life. Volume 2 covers the period 1859–1880, during which he served as Chancellor and as Prime Minister, and controversially disestablished the Anglican church in Ireland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Book V. 1859-1868: 1. The Italian revolution; 2. The great budget; 3. Battle for economy; 4. The spirit of Gladstonian finance; 5. American civil war; 6. Death of friends - days at Balmoral; 7. Garibaldi - Denmark; 8. Advance in public position and otherwise; 9. Defeat at Oxford - death of Lord Palmerston - parliamentary leadership; 10. Matters ecclesiastical; 11. Popular estimates; 12. Letters; 13. Reform; 14. The struggle for household suffrage; 15. Opening of the Irish campaign; 16. Prime minister; Book VI. 1869-1874: 1. Religious equality; 2. First chapter of an agrarian revolution; 3. Education - the career and the talents; 4. The Franco-German war; 5. Neutrality and annexation; 6. The Black Sea; 7. 'Day's work of a giant'; 8. Autumn of 1871 - decline of popularity; 9. Washington and Geneva; 10. As head of a cabinet; 11. Catholic country and Protestant parliament; 12. The crisis; 13. Last days of the ministry; 14. The dissolution; Book VII. 1874-1880: 1. Retirement from leadership; 2. Vaticanism; 3. The Octagon; 4. Eastern question once more; 5. A tumultous year; 6. Midlothian; 7. The eve of the battle; 8. The fall of Lord Beaconsfield; 9. The second ministry; Appendix; Chronology....
