Gladstone’s Daughter:
Living Liberalism

Blog text © Phyllis Weliver.

Mary Gladstone to W.E. Gladstone, 24 Nov. 1860. Flintshire Record Office, GG 603. All images used with permission.

Victorian thank you letter

November 20, 2014

Happy Birthday, Mary Gladstone! Mary Gladstone was born on the 23rd of this month (November). This post looks at her thirteenth birthday as described in a thank you letter to her father in 1860. It explores fashionable gift-giving, family humor and Gladstone's committed parenting.

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Gladstone's Daughter: Living Liberalism

Mary Gladstone's extensive manuscript writings show a living liberalism through the intimate details of Victorian family life. Born in 1847, this daughter of British Prime Minister Gladstone was the only woman among his private secretariat. The blog posts transcriptions and annotations of Mary Gladstone's unpublished life writing along with relevant images. Comments remain open for a fortnight. Blog text © Phyllis Weliver.

All manuscript images are copyright material. They may not be reproduced without the permission of the Gladstone family, c/o Gladstone's Library. Quoting or paraphrasing the intellectual content on this blog must acknowledge Phyllis Weliver as the author.