Prime Ministers and Some Others - A Book of Reminiscences

Project Gutenberg's Prime Ministers and Some Others, by George W. E. Russell This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences Author: George W. E. Russell Release Date: August 12, 2005 [EBook #16519] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRIME MINISTERS AND SOME OTHERS *** Produced by Robert J. Hall PRIME MINISTERS AND SOME OTHERS A BOOK OF REMINISCENCES BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE W. E. RUSSELL Page 5TO THE EARL CURZON OF KEDLESTON, K.G., I INSCRIBE THIS BOOK, NOT SHARING HIS OPINIONS BUT PRIZING HIS FRIENDSHIP Page 7NOTE My cordial thanks for leave to reproduce papers already published are due to my friend Mr. John Murray, and to the Editors of the Cornhill Magazine, the Spectator, the Daily News, the Manchester Guardian, the Church Family Newspaper, and the Red Triangle. G. W. E. R. July, 1918. Page 9CONTENTS I.—PRIME MINISTERS I. LORD PALMERSTON II. LORD RUSSELL III. LORD DERBY IV. BENJAMIN DISRAELI V. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE VI. LORD SALISBURY VIII. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR IX. HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN II.—IN HONOUR OF FRIENDSHIP I. GLADSTONE—AFTER TWENTY YEARS II. HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND III. LORD HALLIFAX IV. LORD AND LADY RIPON V.