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| 1809 | Gladstone, William Ewart |  |
| Birth of William Ewart Gladstone |
| 1811 | Bright, John | |
| 16th Nov Birth of John Bright |
| 1834 | Russell | |
| London Appointed Leader of the Whigs in the House of Commons |
| 1835 | Russell | |
| Appointed Home Secretary |
| 1836 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 7th Sep Glasgow Birth of Henry Campbell-Bannerman, son of the Lord Provost of Glasgow |
| 1839 | Bright, John | |
| London Helps found the Anti-Corn Law League |
| 1839 | Russell | |
| Appointed Secretary for War & the Colonies |
| 1845 | Grey, Charles | |
| 17th July Howick Death of Charles Grey |
| 1846 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Appointed Member of the Liberal Party |
| London Leaves the Tory Party with the Peelites in defense of free trade |
| 1847 | Runciman, Walter | |
| 6th July Birth of Walter Runciman |
| 1850 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Siciliy Privations of political prisoners make Gladstone a "Nationalist" & "Revolutionary" |
| London Publishes letters to Lord Aberdeen pressing him for Austrian reform |
| 1851 | Russell | |
| London Dismisses Palmerston as Foreign Secretary for recognizing Napoleon's Coup d'Etat |
| 1852 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Birth of Herbert Henry Asquith |
| 1852 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1852 | Russell | |
| London Forced to resign by Lord Palmerston's proposed amendment to the Militia Bill |
| London Founds the National Board of Public Health |
| 1852 | Thesiger | |
| London Appointed Attorney General, 2nd term |
| 1855 | Cornewall Lewis, George | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1855 | Molesworth | |
| Appointed Colonial Secretary |
| London Sweden signs a Treaty of fiendship with Britain & France |
| 1855 | Russell | |
| London Resigns after the revelation of a comprimise peace in Vienna to stop the Crimean War |
| 1855 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 10th Feb Forms a new Government |
| 9th June Vienna Wins a vote of confidence in Parliament for pulling out of the Vienna Peace talks |
| 1855 | Victoria | |
| Supports Palmerston's policy in the Crimea & visits Napoleon III |
| 1856 | Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| 30th July Edinburgh Birth of Richard Burdon Haldane |
| 1856 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Awarded the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria |
| 1857 | Bruce, James | |
| London Appointed Special Envoy to China & Japan with power to make war & peace |
| London Declares war on Emperor Yeh |
| 1857 | Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| 1857 | Cobden, Richard | |
| Censures the government for its support of Bowring's bombardment of Canton |
| Cobden's vote of censure leads to the fall of the Government |
| Forwards a vote of censure in the government for Bowring's bombardment of Canton |
| 1857 | Temple, Henry John | |
| "An insolent barbarian wielding authority at Canton had violated the British flag" |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| London Establishes Divorce Courts which replace Ecclesiastical Courts |
| The Winner of the election with a majority of 85 seats over all other parties combined |
| 3rd Mar London Declares war on China |
| 3rd Mar London Loses a vote of censure by 263 to 247 votes which leads to a dissolution of Parliament |
| 4th Mar London Parliament is dissolved after The Queen agrees to Parlmerston's request |
| 25th Aug London The Matrimonial Clauses Bill makes it possible for a divorce in a court of law |
| 1857 | Victoria | |
| Keeps Prussia out of the war between Austria & Sardinia |
| 1859 | Bruce, James | |
| Appointed Post Master General |
| 1859 | Cobden, Richard | |
| Gladstone has a budget surplus & wishes to quell anti French feeling |
| Michel Chevalier visits Gladstone to discuss Anglo-French free trade |
| Resigned in opposition to the Crimea War in 1857 but returns to office in 1859 |
| 1859 | Cornewall Lewis, George | |
| Appointed Home Secretary |
| 1859 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| London Chevalier visits Gladstone to discuss Anglo-French free trade |
| Jan Cobden & Napoleon agree the treaty |
| Jan London Has a budget surplus & wishes to quell anti-French feeling |
| 1859 | Lowe | |
| Appointed Vice President of the Education Board |
| 1859 | Russell | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| London Palmerston & Russell resolve their differences & found of the modern Liberal Party |
| 1859 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Palmerston & Russell resolve their differences & found of the modern Liberal Party |
| 1859 | Villiers, Charles Pelham | |
| Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| 1859 | Wilson, James | |
| Appointed financial member of the council of India |
| 1860 | Bruce, James | |
| Peking 11 Chinese ports are re-opened & Kowloon is ceded to Britain |
| London A peace Treaty is signed by Prince Gong & Lord Elgin |
| London Appointed Special Envoy to China & Japan |
| Beijing China forbids the existance of embassies in Beijing leading to Anglo-French occupation |
| Kowloon Under the treat of Peking 11 ports are opened & part of Kowloon is ceded to Britain |
| 1860 | Cobden, Richard | |
| Lowers British duties on wine & brandy |
| Negotiated by Michel Chevalier & Cobden marking the recognition of common interests |
| Puts the Cobden treaty with France through Parliament as part of the Gladstone budget |
| Reduces French duties on coal & manufactured goods |
| 1860 | Edward VII | |
| 1st tour of the USA undertaken by a British Prince |
| 1860 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Direct tax is raised from 9d to 10d, due to extra defence spending |
| London National debt interest is reduced by œ2m |
| London Tariffs on 400 articles & paper are removed |
| London The Budget is rejected by the Lords because they oppose the abolition of paper duties |
| London The Cabinet decides to refer the Budget to the Commons Committee of Privileges |
| London The Lord's refuse to abolish paper duties & reject the budget |
| 1861 | Cornewall Lewis, George | |
| Appointed Secretary for War |
| 1861 | Cowper, Charles | |
| Cowper promises to limit immigration in Australia by an act of Parliament |
| Lambing Flat Goldminers drive the Chinese out of Lambing Flat because they undercut white labour |
| 1861 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Abolition of paper duty is included in the budget & passed by the Lords |
| London Approval of the budget by the Lords becomes common practice |
| Creates the Post Office Savings Bank |
| London Founds the Public Accounts Committee, part of his reform for financial institutions |
| 1861 | Russell | |
| Kingston Created Earl of Kings ton, 1st |
| 1862 | Bruce, James | |
| London Appointed Viceroy of India, 1st Viceroy to be employed directly by the crown |
| 1862 | Grey, Edward | |
| Birth of Edward Grey |
| 1863 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 10th Jan London Opens the London Underground |
| 1863 | Goschen | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| 1863 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 16th Jan Manchester Birth of David Lloyd George |
| 1864 | Casement, Roger | |
| 1st Sep Ulster Birth of Roger Casement |
| 1864 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 11th May London Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the government |
| 1865 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Announces he can no longer support the establishment of the Irish Anglican Church |
| London Leads the Liberals to election victory but dies before the first Cabinet |
| 1865 | Russell | |
| 29th Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1865 | Russell of Kingston, 1st | |
| 29th Oct Sits in the Lords while Gladstone leads the government in the Commons |
| 1865 | Villiers | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1865 | Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1866 | Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Appointed Secretary of War, 1st term |
| 1866 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Gladstone wants to dissolve Parliament & take the Bill to the electorate |
| London Russell refuses to take the defeated Franchise Bill to the electorate |
| London The Franchise Bill is defeated in the Commons |
| 12th Mar London Gladstone's proposals are based on rents rather than rates |
| 12th Mar London Introduces a franchise for œ7 occupiers in boroughs & œ14 occupiers in counties |
| 6th April London Informs Liverpool the government is staking its life on the Franchise Bill |
| 27th April 1st test of the Franchise Bill, the government wins the 1st reading in the Commons |
| 27th April London The government has a majority of 5 & many in cabinet wish to dissolve Parliament |
| 10th May City of London Suspends the Bank Charter Act & raises the bank rate to 10%, causes panic & depression |
| 10th May Guernsey The Bank of Overend & Gurney fails |
| 18th June London The government is defeat by a proposal from Lord Dunkellin |
| 18th June London The Government is defeated in Parliament by 11 votes |
| 1866 | Mill, John Stewart | |
| London Presents a 1,499 name petition to Parliament for female enfracisement |
| 1866 | Russell | |
| London Cabinet agrees to enfranchise œ7 occupiers in boroughs & œ14 counties |
| 17th Feb London Habeas Corpus is suspended in Ireland |
| 1867 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party |
| 13th April London Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli |
| 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 |
| 1867 | Glyn, George | |
| London Appointed Chief Whip of the Liberal Party |
| 1868 | Bright, John | |
| Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| 1868 | Bruce, Henry Austin | |
| 9th Dec Appointed Home Secretary |
| 1868 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Stirling Burghs Elected Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs |
| 1868 | Cardwell | |
| Appointed Secretary for War |
| 1868 | Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Appointed Postmaster General |
| 1868 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Gladstone claims his policy is to "pacify Ireland" |
| Promises to disestablish the Irish Church, reform land & education |
| London Proposes all householders in boroughs with a rateable value of œ5 should have the vote |
| The Liberals triumph by 387 seats the Conservative's 271 seats |
| 4th April London Boosts popular support & reunites the Liberals |
| 4th April London Carries a resolution to reform the Irish Anglican Church for disestablishment |
| 4th April London Carries resolution to go into committee for reform |
| 8th April London Forced to withdraw plans to enfranchise borough househo |
