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How Britain Bought the Suez Canal
In 1870 France declared war on Prussia. Britain did nothing. The Spanish throne had been vacant for two years. The Spanish, and also the Prussian, choice was Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Simaringen. The French objected and the Franco-Prussian war began. The French lost and the Emperor Napoleon III was captured. William of Prussia became the German Emperor. Gladstone decided it was time to re-structure and re-equip the army.
In 1872 Gladstone introduced the Ballot Act. For the first time in British history, men would vote in secret. This was to work against him in 1874 when he lost to Disraeli.
In 1875 Britain bought £4million worth of shares in the Suez Canal from the Egyptians. This amounted to nearly half the total issue thereby safeguarding the water route to India. Britain was to hold this share until 1956.
General William Booth |
GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH (1829-1912)- Born in Nottingham
- Converted to Christianity in 1844
- Became a member of the Methodist New Connexion
- Became a missionary worker in the East End of London
- Set up the Salvation Army alongside his wife, Catherine
- Wrote a comment on the wretched state of London in 1890 called In Darkest England
Bank Holidays were introduced in 1871.
 
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| 1837 | Victoria becomes Queen
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| 1859 | Palmerston becomes Prime Minister
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| 1861 | Prince Albert dies
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| 1865 | Palmerston dies
Russell becomes Prime Minister
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| 1868 | Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
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| 1870 | Franco-Prussian War
First Irish Land Act
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| 1874 | Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
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| 1877 | Victoria becomes Empress of India
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| 1880 | Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
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| 1881 | Disraeli dies
Second Irish Land Act
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| 1885 | Salisbury becomes Prime Minister
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| 1887 | Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
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| 1892 | Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
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| 1894 | Rosebery becomes Prime Minister
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| 1895 | Salisbury becomes Prime Minister
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| 1897 | Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
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| 1898 | Gladstone dies
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| 1899 | Second Boer War breaks out
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| 1901 | Queen Victoria dies
Edward VII becomes king
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| GLADSTONE'S 1868 CABINET | | • | William Gladstone - Prime Minister |
| • | John Bright - Board of Trade |
| • | George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon - foreign office |
| • | Robert Lowe - Treasury |
| • | Edward Cardwell - reforming the army |
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