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William Ewart Gladstone, George Gordon Byron, and Clinton Arms, Newark white plaque

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William Ewart Gladstone, George Gordon Byron, and Clinton Arms, Newark white plaque
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This white commemorative plaque records: "Clinton Arms" Hotel known as the "Cardinals Hat" in the 14th and 15th centuries and as The Kings Arms during the 16th to early 19th centuries. Lord Byron stayed in this building during 1806 and 1807 when two volumes of his poems were being printed in Newark. W. E. Gladstone addressed Newark electors from a window in this hotel when returned as Conservative MP in 1832. An important posting inn during coaching days.
Lord George Gordon Byron, a leading figure of the Romantic movement in England, stayed at this building while two volumes of his poems were being printed in Newark in 1806 and 1807. William Ewart Gladstone, four-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, addressed electors from a window here when he was returned as Conservative MP for Newark in 1832.

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