# Gladstone returns to office (1880)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1880-gladstone-returns-to-office
Categories: ruler-change

The Liberals won a general election after a campaign attacking Conservative foreign and imperial policy. Within the broader Victorian Britain period, industrial society, mass politics, public-health reform, global empire and the Irish question dominated public life. This event is placed at 1880 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The result restored Gladstone to the centre of British politics.

## Why it matters
The result restored Gladstone to the centre of British politics.

Ruler at the time: [Victoria](https://english-history.com/rulers/victoria)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Gladstone returns to office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Gladstone+returns+to+office&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Gladstone returns to office](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Gladstone+returns+to+office)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%281800%E2%80%931899%29)
- [The National Archives — Victorian resources](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/)