3-086-338 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Death of Mr. Gladstone: the Castle and village of Hawarden, 1898. '1. Entrance to Hawarden Park. 2. North Front and Drive. 3. South Front. 4. Fountain Erected by Parishioners of Hawarden in Commemoration of Mr. Gladstone's Golden Wedding. 5. A Bit of Hawarden Village. 6. In Hawarden Park. 7. Parish Church, Hawarden. During the past week the eyes of the world have more than ever been turned to Hawarden, where the last offices for the deceased statesman were in progress'. British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone died on 19 May 1898. His 'country seat' was Hawarden Castle, near the village of Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.