Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone, a British Liberal statesman, was born on 29 December 1809 and died on 19 May 1898. Across a public career of more than sixty years, he became Prime Minister four separate times, more often than anyone else in British history.

He also held the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer on four occasions, in the years 1853 to 1855, 1859 to 1866, 1873 to 1874 and 1880 to 1882. When he resigned as Prime Minister for the last time, he was 84, making him the oldest person to have held the office.