Resignation of William Ewart Gladstone
Gladstone resigns as Party Leader in the Commons
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1875 in Great Britain
Explore 28 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1875.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1875
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January
April
Reform of Parliament
The Commons votes to exclude strangers by 1 vote
Home Rule
Charles Stewart Parnell is first elected to the House of Commons (the lower level of British legislature), as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Meath
Member of Parliament
Charles Stewart Parnell is first elected to the House of Commons (the lower level of British legislature), as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Meath
November
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Rothschild arranges emergency financing enabling Disraeli's Government to purchase the Khedive's Suez Canal shares.
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Receives notice that Ismail Pasha's Suez Canal shares are available and moves quickly to secure them for Britain.
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Handles diplomatic arrangements after Disraeli decides to purchase the Egyptian shares in the Suez Canal Company.
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Manages Treasury implications of the emergency Suez Canal share purchase arranged before parliamentary approval.
Purchase of Suez Canal
Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pounds Rothschild bank loan
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Completes the purchase of Egypt's Suez Canal Company shares for £4,000,000 with Rothschild financing.
Suez Canal
Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pound Rothschild bank loan
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Approves Disraeli's rapid purchase of Suez Canal shares as a strategic imperial success.
December
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Criticises the Suez Canal purchase for being made without prior parliamentary consent.
Other events (month unknown)
1st Channel Swim
1st to swim the English Channel
Birmingham City FC
Helps found Small Heath Alliance, later Birmingham City Football Club.
Constitution of Great Britain
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds
Election
Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University
Fairfax Street Culvert Corridor Develops
Covered watercourses allowed street construction above sections of the old exposed Frome. Its legacy can be traced in the layout of the city waterfront.
Galilee Survey Work
Conducts survey work in Galilee as part of the wider mapping programme in Palestine.
Livingstonion
The Free Church founds Livingstonion on the shores of Lake Nyasa
London Sewers
Completes the construction of the London Sewerage System
Lord of the Admiralty
Appointed Lord of the Admiralty
Master Certificate Obtained
Passes the examination for his master's certificate and qualifies for command in the British merchant service.
Municipal Gas
Promotes municipal ownership of gas supply as part of Birmingham civic reform.
Solicitor General
Appointed Solicitor General
Suez Canal
External debts forced Said Pashas successor, Ismail Pasha, to sell his countrys share in the canal for £4,000,000 (about pounds 85.9 million in 2014) to the United Kingdom in 1875, but French shareholders still held the majority.
Suez Canal
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds.
Vice Admiral
Appointed Vice Admiral
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