Lord Salisbury is not generally accounted an ambitious man ; if he were* he would -be able to reflect with p;-.da that now he had been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a longer period than any .statesman since the firsrt Reform Bill! in fact ever .since the Ear! of Liverpool’s famous Administration of nearly fifteen years came tc an end in 1827.' Mr Gladstone was Prime M mister on four occasions, lii.s tenure of the olfie© lasting in all twelve years and 141 days—, and that is the record which :he Marquis has now beaten. It is interesting to reritvf that, while Mr Gladstone’s leadership aits spread ever twenty-sis ; « ars, Lord Kiili-hury first became Prune Minister less than sis teen years agJ
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4366, 25 May 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)
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