| Jan. | Anonymous article, 'The Course of Commercial Policy at Home and Abroad,' in Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review. |
| Jan. 6. | Inaugural address at opening of Collegiate Institute, Liverpool. |
| Feb. 13. | Replies to Viscount Howick on the corn law. |
| Apr. 25. | Opposes Mr. Ricardo's motion for immediate free trade. |
| May 9. | Opposes Mr. Villiers's motion for the immediate abolition of corn laws. |
| May 15. | Attends first cabinet as president of the board of trade. |
| May 19. | Supports bill reducing duty on Canadian corn. |
| June 13. | Opposes Lord J. Russell's motion for fixed duty on imported corn. |
| Aug. 10. | Moves second reading of bill legalising exportation of machinery. |
| Oct. | 'Present Aspects of the Church' in Foreign and Colonial Review. |
1844.
| Feb. 5. | Moves for select committee on railways. |
| Mar. 4. | On recommendations of committee on railways. |
| Mar. 7. | On slave trade and commercial relations with Brazil. |
| Mar. 12. | Replies to Mr. Cobden's speech on his motion for committee on protective duties. |
| Mar. 19. | On reciprocity in commercial treaties. |
| Mar. 26. | Opposes motion to extend low duty on Canadian corn to colonial wheat. |
| Apr. | 'On Lord John Russell's Translation of the Francesca da Rimini,' in the English Review. |
| Apr. 2. | Outlines provisions of Joint Stock Companies Regulation bill. |
| Apr. 4. | Second son, Stephen Edward, born. |
| May 18 | Presides at Eton anniversary dinner. |
| June 3. | On sugar duties bill. |
| June 6. | In support of Dissenters' Chapels bill. |
| June 25. | Opposes Mr. Villiers's motion for abolition of corn laws. |
| July | Review of 'Ellen Middleton,' in English Review. |
| July 8. | On second reading of Railways bill. |
| Aug. 5. | Introduces three bills for regulating private bill procedure. |
| Oct. | 'The Theses of Erastus and the Scottish Church Establishment' in the New Quarterly Review. |
| Dec. | On Mr. Ward's 'Ideal Church,' in Quarterly Review. |
1845.
| Jan. 28. | Retires from cabinet. |
| Feb. 4. | Personal explanation. |
| Feb. 24. | In favour of discriminating duties on sugar. |
| Feb. 26. | Defends distinction between free-labour and slave-labour sugar. |
| Mar. | Remarks upon recent Commercial Legislation, published. |
| Apr. 11. | On second reading of Maynooth College bill. |
| June | Review of 'Life of Mr. Blanco White,' in Quarterly. |
| June 2. | Supports Academical Institutions (Ireland) bill. |
| July 15. | On Spanish treaties and slave-labour sugar. |
| Sep. 25 - Nov. 18. | Visits Germany. |
| Dec. | 'Scotch Ecclesiastical Affairs,' in the Quarterly. |
| Dec. 23. | Colonial secretary. |
| Dec. | Publishes, A Manual of Prayers from the Liturgy, Arranged for Family Use. |
1846.
1847.
| June | 'From Oxford to Rome' in the Quarterly. |
| June 7. | Captain Gladstone defends his brother's action in recalling Sir Eardley Wilmot. |
| Aug. 3. | Elected for Oxford University,—Sir R. Inglis, 1700; W. E. Gladstone, 997; Mr. Round, 824. |
| Sep. | On Lachmann's 'Ilias' in the Quarterly. |
| Dec. 8. | Supports Roman Catholic Relief bill. |
| Dec. 13. | On government of New Zealand. |
| Dec. 16. | In favour of admission of Jews to parliament. |