Prime Minister’s descendant to give talk about Gladstone
A LECTURE on the Victorian era Prime Minister William Gladstone MP will be delivered by a descendant of his brother in Rothley.
‘William Gladstone MP - Family, Faith & Politics’ is the title of the free Annual Lady Day Lecture on Saturday, March 25, in Rothley Parish Church at 10.30am. It will be given by the Rev Robert Gladstone, Vicar of Rothley, who is descended from William Gladstone’s brother.
He has researched family stories, which range from cattle rustling on the wild Scottish Border to tenure of the highest office in the land in Downing Street.
He will trace the roots of W E Gladstone’s family and Christian faith and how they came to expression in his leadership of the nation during his four premierships.
Vicar Rob said: “This talk will take us back to a time when politicians were unashamed to ‘ do God’; the time during which the most recent significant reordering of Rothley Church took place in 1877.”