[54] A picture showing an unusual side of the stern disciplinarian. He was sixty-eight.

[55] Mr. Gladstone was Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint.

[56] By Samuel Warren.

[57] The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville (1755–1846), politician and book collector. His bequest of books to the British Museum forms the Grenville Library.

[58] Minister for War and the Colonies. Afterwards Lord Derby, and Prime Minister in 1852, 1858, and 1866.

[59] Frederick William IV.

[60] With whom Mrs. Gladstone soon formed a lasting friendship.

[61] The Duke of Sutherland’s London house, now the London Museum.

[62] 16th June 1842.

[63] She was appointed to the office in 1842, and held it until 1851.