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| Birth of Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, Stanley |  |
| Birth of Stanley Baldwin |
| Chancellor Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Oxford Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford |
| Chief Whip Glyn, George | |
| London Appointed Chief Whip of the Liberal Party |
| Independence Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Dec Clerkenwell The rescue of 2 Fenians in Clerkenwell gaol causes 12 deaths |
| 15th Dec Clerkenwell Gladstone proclaims the need to address the Irish Proble |
| Party Leader Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Reform of Franchise Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Enfranchises all ratepayers |
| 25th Feb London Cabinet opts for the Ten Minutes Bill which Disraeli announces in the Commons |
| Reform of Franchise Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th April London Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli |
| Reform of Franchise Stanley, Edward | |
| London Doubles the electorate & gives the vote to many working men in the towns |
| London The 2nd Reform Act becomes law, "a leap in the dark" |
| Secretary Home Hardy | |
| London Appointed Home Secretary |
| 17th May London Appointed Home Secretary |
