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William Ewart Gladstone
Born in 1809 in Liverpool, England, at 62 Rodney Street, William Ewart Gladstone was the fourth son of the merchant Sir John Gladstone from Leith (now a suburb of Edinburgh), and his second wife, Anne MacKenzie Robertson, from Dingwall, Ross-shire. Gladstone was born and brought up in Liverpool and was of purely Scottish ancestry.One of his earliest childhood memories was being made to stand on a table and say “Ladies and gentlemen” to the assembled audience, probably at a gathering to promote the election of George Canning as MP for Liverpool in 1812. for more click here
