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18815). s1‘11111s111an, wax born at. 13111111111112,
Dorset, 11.1111 was 11111 son of 11 111inist121'
111' the S111'i12ty 111' Friends. and 11. nephew
(11' Sir :11‘11'11'011 anton. 1112 was (2111112111011
111 the Friends" 5011111111. 'l‘ottenhani, 111111
‘1'121'1'2iv1211 1111 11111111i11111112111'1 in a, woollen
11111111t111t111311t 1S1'11111’1'11'11 In 1831) he
11111111011 Jane. 111112s1 1111110111121 111' Dr. 1111111111
111' ltug'hy. 11112111111 for 1’1'1' 21110111'111 18111. he
was 111111(21'-s121-1-0t111'y for 11112 ("elonie: from
November. 1885, to 110001111101; 18118. In
18138 1112 11011111112 \'i('e-]11'esi111211tof the 1111111-
1111111111 (71111111111100, 111111 11. 1111.21111101' of the
.‘abinet. in 1871). Of the great 111(3218111‘05‘
then 1'111'1'i121l into law, 1112 had charge of
the Education Bill and the Ballot Bill.
.1112 displayed great, ability and industry
in piloting 11112111 111111111411 the (21111111111100
stages, but his insistence 1111011 11112 t11'12111.3'-
iiflh clause of 11112 1'111'11101' 1111211311112 gave?
(1111211012 111 the N11111'1111for111ist, supporters 111'
1'111111iinix1'1'y. But for this he would 1111111—
111213' have succeeded Mr. Gladstone in the
102 112141111 of 11112 Liberal partv in 187.3. In
\111121111101111'11111t 1'12'21'110 was 1211212112211 Lord
111211111 of A2111112111211 L11i\'211'.~'i1\'. \\ 111211 the
111110111» 1"121111111211 111 11111101 in 1881), Mr.
Forster. who was held to 1112 both 11 strong
11111111, 12121112v1.1l12nt 1111111. 111111 who. 111111111," 11111
famine. 11111.1 Visited 111-land as distrihntur 0f
11 1'12li121’1'1111111'ais1211 11y 11112 151111211115. 111:1:1-1111211
the most difficult 111151 in 11112 (11'1\'e1'111111211t—-
that, of Irish Se1retau. His path prove-11111
1112 0\'21n thorni11r than 1112 had anticipated.
”.ll1e(' 111111101191111011 1111' Distnihant'e bill \\ 11';
to his r1"1121'11: i11dif2'1111til1n, 11"2i1111211 l1\ the
House 111' 11111115. 111111 while M1212111'st12'1'wns
111085111}; 1"111w111'd 1110 great 11111111 Bill of
1881, the 5111-1111 state 111' Ireland\1'1i211tl‘1'0111
111111 to wm <11 A 1111151111, (72'111i1ion L’ill w: 1\
('11.“11i0d. the Land 11011121112 was 511111110. 51211
and Mr. Parnell and many others of the
Nationalist 101111015 were i111111'isoned. In
April, 1882, the Government decided 1112011 11.
more conciliatory policy, and 112112115011 the
"3118110015," and. as Mr. Forster was not
Satisfied with the conditions exacted from
Mr. Parnell, he, together with the Lord-
1112111121111111. Earl Cowper. resigned. As an
independent 1110111111'1', he criticised the
general 111'1li0y of the Government with
1.5111111 severity, 111111 111211111112 verv 111'111111111'
with the Opposition I10 511'11111113'1'1111-
111111111111 the (101'121111110111 1111 the 11111111111111
into \\ 1111 11 L121' 11111111111111111 11111111121211111111w311l
111 1111180. 111111 also joined' 111 11112 1'12115111'011111111
their LIertian policy 111101'11112 death of
(1121101111 (1(11'11011 in 11111111111'1' 188). At the
1reneral 0101111111 in that 3'1'1'11'1112 was 111100
1111110 1121111111211 for Bradford 111' 11 large
11111_'i111ity 1111111111011 1011 ill to address 11112
121(21'1111's. H12 1111211 in April (11' the following
year. Among; the 5111111015 in which 1112
511121-111111' i111'121'12st1211 hinmelt‘ after 1111111111:

(11111212 was that of 1111111211111 Federation.