Benjamin Disraeli
British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Benjamin Disraeli was born on 21 December 1804 in Bloomsbury, London, the second child and eldest son of Isaac D'Israeli.[1] He entered the House of Commons in 1837 after several unsuccessful attempts.[2] After the Conservative Party split over the Corn Laws repeal, Disraeli emerged as a leading figure among the protectionists and later headed the party.[3][4]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 21 December 1804
- Died
- 19 April 1881
- Field
- Politics, writing
- Nationality
- British
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He was articled as a clerk to a firm of solicitors in November 1821, shortly before his seventeenth birthday.[5] He turned to writing, publishing his first novel Vivian Grey anonymously in 1826–27.[6] Disraeli travelled widely in southern Europe and beyond in 1830–31 with his sister's fiancé William Meredith.[7] He was elected to the House of Commons for Maidstone in July 1837.[8]
Disraeli married Mary Anne Lewis, widow of Wyndham Lewis, in 1839.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blake (1967), p. 3; Wolf, Lucien. 1905. The Disraeli Family, "Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England", vol. 5, pp. 202–218. Of these surnames, Shiprut de Gabay, C; Roth, "Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield", Philosophical Library, 1952, p. 10 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kiewe, A. (1996). Benjamin Disraeli’s Speech on the Jewish Disabilities Act: Contextualizing The Inventional Approach. Journal of Communication & Religion, 19(1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blake (1967), pp. 230–239; Blake (1967), pp. 242–247 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Quoted in Blake (1967), pp. 247–248; Blake (1967), p. 260; Blake (1967), p. 243; Blake (1967), p. 242 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Davis, pp. 8–9; Blake (1967), p. 18; and Bradford, p. 11 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parry, Jonathan. "Disraeli, Benjamin, earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition, May 2011, accessed 23 August 2; Bradford, p. 22; Blake (1967), p. 35; and Bradford, p. 22; Disraeli (1975), p. xii; Disraeli (1975), p. xii (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parry, Jonathan. "Disraeli, Benjamin, earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition, May 2011, accessed 23 August 2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blake (1967), p. 85.; Bradford, p. 94 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Benjamin Disraeli" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blake (1967), p. 158; Hibbert, p. 402 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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