Benjamin Disraeli

The Right Honourable The Earl of Beaconsfield KG PC FRS
Disraeli, photographed by Cornelius Jabez Hughes in 1878
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 20 February 1874 – 21 April 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	William Ewart Gladstone
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
In office 27 February 1868 – 1 December 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	The Earl of Derby
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
Leader of the Opposition
In office 21 April 1880 – 19 April 1881
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	The Marquess of Hartington
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
In office 1 December 1868 – 17 February 1874
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	William Ewart Gladstone
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 6 July 1866 – 29 February 1868
Preceded by	William Ewart Gladstone
Succeeded by	George Ward Hunt
In office 26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
Preceded by	Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
In office 27 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
Preceded by	Charles Wood
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
Personal details
Born	(1804-12-21)21 December 1804 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
Died	19 April 1881(1881-04-19) (aged 76) Mayfair, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Mary Anne Lewis ​ ​ (m. 1839; died 1872)​
Parents	Isaac D'Israeli Miriam Basevi
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881), born Benjamin D'Israeli, was a British politician. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1852, from 1858 to 1859 and from 1866 to 1868. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880. His main opponent was William Ewart Gladstone. Disraeli was also a novelist and biographer.

Disraeli was born into a Jewish family which converted to Anglicanism. He is the only prime minister of Jewish heritage in British history.^[1] He followed his father, and converted to Anglicanism at the age of 12.

1. ↑ "Benjamin Disraeli". Gov.uk [en]. 2011 [last update]. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2011.