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'''William Ewart Gladstone''' was a British Liberal Party statesman and four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and 1892-94). He was known as G.O.M. which to most people used to stand for Grand Old Man but his long term [[Arch Enemy|rival]] [[Benjamin Disraeli]] always said stood for God's Only Mistake. He was a champion of Home Rule for Ireland. When Disraeli died Gladstone proposed a state funeral (to make political capital on his rival's death) but Disraeli's will stipulated other arrangements. To this Gladstone replied, ''"As Disraeli lived, so he died -- all display, without reality or genuineness."''