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| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = William Ewart Gladstone
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|FSS|size=100%}}
| image = Gladstone W.E. Ols.jpg
| caption = 
| order = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
| term_start = 3 December 1868
| term_end = 17 February 1874
| monarch = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| predecessor = [[Benjamin Disraeli]]
| successor = Benjamin Disraeli
| term_start1 = 23 April 1880
| term_end1 = 9 June 1885
| monarch1 = Victoria
| predecessor1 = [[Benjamin Disraeli|The Earl of Beaconsfield]]
| successor1 = [[Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|The Marquess of Salisbury]]
| term_start2 = 1 February 1886
| term_end2 = 20 July 1886
| monarch2 = Victoria
| predecessor2 = The Marquess of Salisbury
| successor2 = The Marquess of Salisbury
| term_start3 = 15 August 1892
| term_end3 = 2 March 1894
| monarch3 = Victoria
| predecessor3 = The Marquess of Salisbury
| successor3 = [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|The Earl of Rosebery]]
| office4 = [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
| primeminister4 = [[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|The Earl of Aberdeen]]
| term_start4 = 28 December 1852
| term_end4 = 28 February 1855
| predecessor4 = Benjamin Disraeli
| successor4 = [[George Cornewall Lewis]]
| primeminister5 = [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|The Viscount Palmerston]]<br />[[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|The Earl Russell]]
| term_start5 = 18 June 1859
| term_end5 = 26 June 1866
| predecessor5 = Benjamin Disraeli
| successor5 = Benjamin Disraeli
| primeminister6 = Himself
| term_start6 = 11 August 1873
| term_end6 = 17 February 1874
| predecessor6 = [[Robert Lowe]]
| successor6 = [[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Stafford Northcote]]
| primeminister7 = Himself
| term_start7 = 28 April 1880
| term_end7 = 16 December 1882
| predecessor7 = [[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Stafford Northcote]]
| successor7 = [[Hugh Childers]]
| office8 = [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]]
| primeminister8 = [[Robert Peel]]
| term_start8 = 23 December 1845
| term_end8 = 27 June 1846
| predecessor8 = [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|The Earl of Derby]]
| successor8 = [[Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey|The Earl of Grey]]
| office9 = [[President of the Board of Trade]]
| primeminister9 = [[Robert Peel]]
| term_start9 = 15 May 1843
| term_end9 = 5 February 1845
| predecessor9 = [[F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich|The Earl of Ripon]]
| successor9 = [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|The Earl of Dalhousie]]
| office10 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency10 = [[Newark (UK Parliament constituency)|Newark]]
| term_start10 = 8 January 1833
| term_end10 = 30 January 1846
| predecessor10 = [[Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro|Thomas Wilde]]
| successor10 = [[John Stuart (judge)|John Stuart]]
| constituency11 = [[Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford University]] (1847–65)<br>[[South Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Lancashire]] (1865–68)<br>[[Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenwich]] (1868–80)<br>[[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708–1918)|Midlothian]] (1880–95)
| term_start11 = 26 August 1847
| term_end11 = 7 August 1895
| predecessor11 = [[Thomas Grimston Estcourt]]
| successor11 = [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael|Thomas Gibson-Carmichael]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1809|12|29}}
| birth_place = 62 [[Rodney Street, Liverpool]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1898|5|19|1809|12|29}}
| death_place = [[Hawarden Castle (18th century)|Hawarden Castle]], Wales
| resting_place = [[Westminster Abbey]]
| nationality = British
| alma_mater = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
| party = {{unbulleted list | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]] (1828–1834) | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (1834–1846) | [[Peelite]] (1846–1859) | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] (1859–1898)}}
| parents = [[Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet|Sir John Gladstone]] (father)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Catherine Gladstone|Catherine Glynne]]|25 July 1839}}
| children = 8, including {{hlist|class=inline|[[William Henry Gladstone|William]]|[[Helen Gladstone|Helen]]|[[Henry Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden|Henry]]|[[Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone|Herbert]]}}
| signature = William Ewart Gladstone Signature 2.svg
| signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink
}}
'''William Ewart Gladstone''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|FSS}} (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British [[wikt:Victorian|Victorian]] politician who served as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] for the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] in four terms between 1868 and 1894.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html |title=Mr W.E. Gladstone (Hansard) |author=UK Parliament |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>

His [[wikt:career|career]] lasted more than 60 years. He served as Liberal Prime Minister four times. This was more than any other person (1868&ndash;1874, 1880&ndash;1885, 1886 and 1892&ndash;1894). Gladstone was 84 years old when he resigned for the last time. This made him Britain's oldest ever Prime Minister. He served as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] four times (1853&ndash;1855, 1859&ndash;1866, 1873&ndash;1874 and 1880&ndash;1882).

Gladstone was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]].

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