...you haven't posted said fic somewhere that I missed it, have you??

And yes, there was clearly intentional irony there: if this was a modern-day AU produced by the BBC and he was named Gordon, I might even know what it meant, but this is a period piece put together by Hollywood people! It's obvious they did & used their research, and I am sure a lot of people noticed because it's not like Gladstone is a particularly obscure bit of history, I am just unable to get the subtlety of all the possible layers of that one. And nobody is discussing it.