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Portrait of William Gladstone seated with an axe. British statesman and Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1809-1898) In 1858, Gladstone took up the hobby of tree felling, mostly of oak trees, an exercise he continued with enthusiasm until he was 81 in 1891. Alfred Hays, 4 Royal Exchange Buildings Copyright to front. Photographed from Life by W. Currey Bolton and Manchester to the reverse.