William Henry Gladstone

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William Henry Gladstone (3 June 1840 – 4 July 1892) was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament, 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