[68:1] In 1906 the position was recognized by being accorded a place in the order of precedence. Cf. Hans., 4 Ser. CLVI., 742.
[68:2] Walpole repudiated the title of First or Prime Minister, although he was, in fact, the first man to occupy such a position.
[68:3] See Ashley, "Life of Palmerston," II., 329-30; Gladstone, "Gleanings of Past Years," I., 242. See also the description in Morley, "Life of Walpole," 150-65, which, as already pointed out, represents Mr. Gladstone's views.
[69:1] Morley, "Life of Gladstone," II., 383.
[69:2] Morley, "Life of Walpole," 159-60.
[70:1] "Sir Robert Peel, from his Private Correspondence"; cf. Parker, "Sir Robert Peel"; Morley, "Life of Gladstone," I., 248, 298.
[70:2] Ashley, "Life of Palmerston," II., 257; cf. Morley, "Life of Gladstone," II., 35.
[70:3] In his review of Parker's "Sir Robert Peel," in the first number of the Anglo-Saxon Review.
[70:4] Hans., 4 Ser. LXXVIII., 27.
[70:5] At the end of his first ministry, and at the beginning of his second, Mr. Gladstone held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. With this exception, and with that of Lord Salisbury, no Prime Minister has been at the head of a department since 1835.