LONDON, June 14. -- Mrs. Gladstone, widow of William E. Gladstone, the English statesman, died at 5:40 P.M. to-day. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

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Yet the man who spent the most time as prime minister was none other than William Gladstone. Gladstone was Great Britain’s ...

The tradition of briefcase, started by Britishers, was inherited in India. In 1860, the then budget chief William E Gladstone used a red suitcase with the Queen’s monogram embossed on it.