Foreign Policy of William Ewart Gladstone
The Foreign Policy of William Ewart Gladstone focuses primarily on British foreign policy during the four premierships of William Ewart Gladstone. It also considers his positions as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and while leader of the Liberal opposition. He gave strong support to and usually followed the advice of his foreign ministers, Lord Clarendon, (1868-70), Lord Granville, (1870-1874, 1880–1885) and Earl Rosebery (1886, 1892-1894). 

As Prime Minister 1868–74, 1880–85, 1886, 1892–94, and longtime Liberal Party leader, Gladstone was much less inclined to imperialism than Disraeli, and sought peace as the highest foreign-policy goal. However, historians have been sharply critical of Gladstone's foreign policy during his second ministry. Paul Hayes says it "provides one of the most intriguing and perplexing tales of muddle and incompetence in foreign affairs, unsurpassed in modern political history until the days of Grey and, later, Neville Chamberlain." Gladstone opposed himself to the "colonial lobby" which pushed the scramble for Africa. His term saw the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880, the First Boer War of 1880-1881 and outbreak of the war (1881-1899) against the Mahdi in Sudan.
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Lord Clarendon, (1868-70)
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Lord Granville, (1870-1874, 1880–1885)
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Earl Rosebery
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imperialism
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scramble for Africa
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Second Anglo-Afghan War
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First Boer War
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war
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Mahdi
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Sudan
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