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In his Midlothian Campaign – so called because he stood as a candidate for that county – Gladstone spoke in fields, halls and railway stations to hundreds, sometimes thousands, of students, farmers, labourers and middle class workers.
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Midlothian and Campaign
Despite the party's weaknesses, Sinclair gained a high profile as he sought to recall the Midlothian Campaign and once more revitalise the Liberals as the party of a strong foreign policy.
Gladstone During the Midlothian Campaign 1879 Speaking directly to the people for the first time, Gladstone's Midlothian campaign symbolises a major change in the role of the Prime Minister.
Gladstone's Midlothian Campaign of 1879 – 1880 was an early example of many modern political campaigning techniques.
As part of the Liberal plan to get Gladstone to be MP for Midlothian, Rosebery sponsored and largely ran the Midlothian Campaign of 1879.
In 1879, Dalkeith was where Gladstone first started his campaign for British Prime Minister, which became known as The Midlothian Campaign.
Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian Campaign, the government was heavily defeated in the next General Election, whereupon Gladstone formed his second government.
The seat is most famous as the location of William Ewart Gladstone's upset victory in the Midlothian Campaign of 1880, regarded as the birth of the modern political campaign in the United Kingdom.
Midlothian and –
Easter Road StadiumEdinburgh has two professional football clubs – Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.
* A monument to Gladstone, Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1880 – 1895 was unveiled in Edinburgh in 1917 ( and moved to its present location in 1955 ).
* July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland.
The club's first ever league match on 16 August 1890 resulted in a 5 – 2 victory over Heart of Midlothian.
* Sir Walter Scott ( 1771 – 1832 ) wrote the novel The Heart of Midlothian and lived at Lasswade Cottage ( now Sir Walter Scott's Cottage ) in Lasswade from 1798 to 1804, where he wrote his Grey Brother, translation of Goetz von Berlichingen, etc.
* William Ewart Gladstone ( 1809 – 1898 ), MP for Midlothian 1880-1895 and conducted his famous Midlothian campaign across the UK in 1880
( 1978 – present ) Scottish International Footballer who currently plays for Sheffield United and formerly for Heart Of Midlothian and Everton.
Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn ( ; Cockpen, Midlothian, 26 October 1779 – Bonaly, Midlothian, 26 April / 18 July 1854 ) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure.
( defeated Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1 )
* Scottish Cup final – Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Dumbarton at Hampden Park
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, KG, PC ( 7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929 ) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister.
In November 1914, Heart of Midlothian comfortably led the First Division, having started the 1914 – 15 season with eight straight victories, including a 2 – 0 defeat of reigning champions Celtic.
Thomas Meik ( – ) was a British engineer, born in Duddingston, Midlothian.
* Midlothian – Edinburghshire
* Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet ( 1781 – 1853 ), MP for Midlothian, 1845 – 1853
* Sir John Hope, 16th Baronet ( 1869 – 1924 ), MP for Midlothian, 1912 – 1918, and Midlothian North and Peebles, 1918 – 1922
Midlothian and so
There are several wealthy individuals in Midlothian, so it is considered a hotbed by Virginia's investment firms.
Midlothian and called
During the 1879 election campaign, also called Midlothian campaign, he rousingly spoke against Disraeli's foreign policies during the ongoing Second Anglo-Afghan War in Afghanistan.
He called Gladstone the " Moloch of Midlothian ", for whom torrents of blood had been shed in Africa.
Camani teaches art at Almaguin Highlands Secondary School in South River, Ontario, Canada, but he is best known for his fantasy castle called " Midlothian Castle ," which he has spent over 25 years constructing.
The small village established nearby came to be called Midlothian.
A similar constituency, also called Midlothian, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
Midlothian is a small unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland ; at one time called Midlothian Junction.
Traces of such mythology have endured until today in Midlothian: near the town centre of Edinburgh stands an old volcanic mountain called Arthur's Seat.
Midlothian and stood
It takes its name from the Midlothian constituency in Scotland where Gladstone successfully stood in the following election.
Midlothian and candidate
Gladstone won his constituency election in Midlothian and also in Leeds, where he had also been adopted as a candidate.
He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Midlothian South and Peebles in 1945, and was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North in 1950, holding the seat until December 1954.
By the following year Stodart had returned to the Tory fold and was Unionist candidate for Midlothian and Peebles in 1951 for and Midlothian in 1955.
Midlothian and for
In Sir Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian, for example, the heroine, Jeanie Deans, a Scottish Presbyterian, writes to her father about the church situation she has found in England ( bold added ):
Heart of Midlothian are known as the " Jambos ", which comes from " Jam Tarts " which is the rhyming slang for " Hearts " which is the common abbreviation of the Clubs name.
The Royal Infirmary is the main Accident & Emergency hospital not just for Edinburgh but also Midlothian and East Lothian, and is the headquarters of NHS Lothian, making it a centric focus for Edinburgh and its hinterland.
* Jimmy Murray ( footballer born 1933 ), Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team
When abolished, for local government purposes, in 1975, the county of East Lothian bordered the county of Midlothian to the west, and the county of Berwick to the south.
Midlothian became a prime area for cement quarrying due to the Austin Chalk Escarpment, a unique geological formation that runs north-south through the City.
The County of Midlothian used for local government purposes formerly encompassed the city of Edinburgh, and within these borders still serves as a registration county.
The former District Council areas of West Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian were used as the basis for the new Councils.
* Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay, was the Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament for Peebles and South Midlothian
On his visit to England and Scotland in 1128, he raised men and money for the Order, and also founded their first House in London and another near Edinburgh at Balantrodoch, now known as Temple, Midlothian.
In 1774 he was returned to the Parliament of Great Britain for Midlothian, and joined the party of Frederick North, Lord North ; he was a proud Scots speaker and he soon distinguished himself by his clear and argumentative speeches.
Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801.
Dundas was appointed Keeper of the Signet for Scotland and elected MP for Midlothian ( Edinburghshire ) in 1801.
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