William Henry Gladstone

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William Henry Gladstone (3 June 1840 – 4 July 1892) was a British Liberal Party, and the eldest son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.

Gladstone was born in Hawarden, Flintshire. He at­tend­ed Eton College and read Greek and Latin at Christ Church, Oxford Un­i­ver­si­ty. He was a Member of Parliament for a to­tal of 20 years, rep­re­sent­ing Chester for three, Whitby for 12 and East Worcestershire for five.

A singer and organist, he was well versed in mu­sic­al his­to­ry, es­pe­cial­ly the de­vel­op­ment of Anglican church mu­sic. He wrote on mu­sic­al to­pics, and one of the views he ex­pressed was that chor­al church ser­vic­es were to be de­plored be­cause “the choirs of­ten dis­cour­age the con­gre­ga­tions from sing­ing.” He wrote the anthems “Gra­cious and Righ­teous” and “With­draw Not Thou,” and chants, an­thems, in­troits and or­gan vol­un­tar­ies. He composed the hymn tune Hammersmith which can be used for the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.

He in died London on 4 July 1892.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and Philip Stapleton Humberston	Member of Parliament for Chester 2-seat constituency (with Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor) 1865–1868	Succeeded by: Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and Henry Cecil Raikes
Preceded by: Charles Bagnall	Member of Parliament for Whitby 1868–1880	Succeeded by: Arthur Pease
Preceded by: Henry Allsopp and Thomas Eades Walker	Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire 2-seat constituency (with George Hastings) 1880–1885	Succeeded by: George Woodyatt Hastings