Letters of Lord Acton to Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone

by Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton

[[16]] The late Duke of Devonshire, who lived till 1891.

[[17]] In 1866, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Lowe took opposite sides on the question of Parliamentary Reform.

[[18]] Mr. Lowe, on hearing one of Mr. Herbert Gladstone's speeches during the Middlesex election, declared that in the pure gift of eloquence, there was nothing to choose between him and his father.

[[19]] In Middlesex.

[[20]] i.e., by Lord Granville.

[[21]] See p. [49], note [a/][54].

[[22]] The Zulu.

[[23]] Lord Granville.

[[24]] An allusion to expeditions at Tegernsee.

[[25]] Evening parties in Downing Street.