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Gladstone reminiscences

Typescripts of a detailed diary kept by Stuart Rendel of his conversations with William Ewart Gladstone between 1888 and 1898, with manuscript amendments. The reminiscences have been published in The Personal Papers of Lord Rendel, ed. by F. E. Hamer (London, 1931), pp. 52-156.

Has met Admiral Hoskyns and Lord Northbrook. George Wightwick Rendel is much missed at the Admiralty. 'The split in the ...,

Has met Admiral Hoskyns and Lord Northbrook. George Wightwick Rendel is much missed at the Admiralty. 'The split in the Liberal Party is a very painful one .... I myself after much searching of heart have come to the belief that Gladstone is right & that England, having given Household Suffrage to Ireland must abandon the attempt to bull Ireland.' Feels he is becoming 'the sole pillar of the Liberal party in Montgomeryshire & I feel the weight'. Now does little business work.

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