Talk:John Eldon Gorst

"Mr Chamberlain"

The reference to "Mr Chamberlain's proposals for tariff reform" is better rendered as a reference to Joseph Chamberlain's proposals. Although his son, Austen Chamberlain, was the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, it was the father's campaign that created the upheaval in Unionist ranks. Austen played only a secondary role. Todowd 17:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Requested move 3 August 2026

John Eldon Gorst → John Gorst – there is only one other John Gorst and he receives less pageviews and does not appear to have held any substantial positions in his political career, whilst John Eldon Gorst served in multiple high positions throughout his career Traumnovelle (talk) 00:03, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose, appears to be known by the full "John Eldon Gorst" in reliable sources. 162 etc. (talk) 00:56, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

  I came across a source that used just 'John Gorst', but do you agree/support the idea that John Eldon Gorst is the primary topic for 'John Gorst'? Because I'd be fine with a redirect. Traumnovelle (talk) 02:32, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

If that's what you want to do, I'd recommend starting an AFD discussion for John Gorst. 162 etc. (talk) 03:19, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

• The DNZB has an in-house style of mentioning the common name – generally in the final paragraph of the bio. That supports the requested move. Schwede66 03:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)