William Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister mb-width 5213 'The Spanish Fryar'

'The Spanish Fryar'

Pennantian Parrot

It refers to the Bank's restriction on cash payments

a lean man in a fog

William Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister mb-width 5213 'The Spanish Fryar'William Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister, c1890. William Gladstone (1809 1898) was born in Liverpool and educated at Oxford from where in 1832 he embarked on his political career. He became Prime Minister in 1868, and then a further two times in 1880 and 1886. Whilst in power Gladstone bought in major reforms to Ireland and established a system of national education in England. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait