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Mary Drew (née Gladstone; 23 November 1847 – 1 January 1927) was a political secretary, writer, and hostess. She was the daughter of the British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, and achieved notability as his advisor, confidante and private secretary. She also attained a fair degree of political influence by controlling ...
Artist based in Hydra working with fibre. Seven Sleepers 2000 - 2023, 120 x 110 cm. Closing the Shutters of My World 2005 - 2022, 110 x 145 cm. Early a Morning Music 2021, 40 x 30 cm. Still 2019, 30 x 25 cm. Night School 2021, 40 x 45 cm. Clarity of Night 2015, 40 x 45 cm. Greening 2023, 60 x 50 cm.
5. Juli 2023 · "The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving prime ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable musician, hostess of one of the most influential political salons in late Victorian London, and probably the first female prime ministerial private secretary in Britain.
The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving Prime Ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable musician, hostess of one of the most influential political salons in late-Victorian London, and probably the first female prime ministerial private secretary in Britain. Pivoting around Mary's initiatives, this intellectual history draws on a trove of ...
- Phyllis Weliver
- 2017
21. Dez. 2018 · Mary Gladstone (1847–1927) is an intriguing woman. One of eight children born to Catherine and William Gladstone, she was a talented pianist and avid music lover, as well as serving as one of her father’s five private secretaries (from 1881) during his second period as Prime Minister.
- Sophie Fuller
- 2018
1. Juni 2020 · Phyllis Weliver introduces her portrait of Mary Gladstone (hereafter MG) and her circle with an account of the 1879 Midlothian campaign, which initiated a process that would bring her father, William Ewart Gladstone, to his second premiership, 1880–85. As Weliver describes, in his lengthy campaign speeches Gladstone involved his ...
Vor einem Tag · The Gladstones were notoriously loyal when it came to supporting the Grand Old Man’s political career: the Gladstone brand was a family product and – as Weliver demonstrates – Mary was at the heart of a political-familial ‘world’ in which domestic ties could be put to political usage.
