Benjamin Disraeli's tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland began when Queen Victoria first invited him to form a...
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Disraeli ministry, the British majority government led by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1874–1880) Premierships of Benjamin Disraeli This...
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative politician and...
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Hardy, first Earl of Cranbrook: a Memoir with extracts from his diary and correspondence (1910) Premierships of Benjamin Disraeli Conservative Party...
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repeal of the Corn Laws, and managed to bring the majority of the Conservative Party with him (including, among others, the young Benjamin Disraeli). He...
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Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873) (category Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
of the Admiralty with a seat in the cabinet, a position he held until December 1868, the last nine months under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli....
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that ground was elected." Benjamin Disraeli and William Ewart Gladstone developed this new role further by projecting "images" of themselves to the public...
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Percy Egerton Herbert (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli. He was promoted to major-general in January 1868, was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)...
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Thomas Edward Taylor (category Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster)
served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1868 and between 1874 and 1880 under Benjamin Disraeli. Taylor was the eldest son of Reverend Edward Taylor...
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official act was Benjamin Disraeli who signed the 1878 Treaty of Berlin as "Prime Minister of Her Britannic Majesty". In 1905, the post of prime minister...
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Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (category Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli. Apart from his diplomatic and political careers, Lord Cadogan was the Colonel of the Royal Westminster Militia...
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Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, a post he held until December 1868, the last nine months under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli. In...
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One-nation conservatism (category Benjamin Disraeli)
business class. The describing phrase 'one-nation Tory' originated with Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), who served as the chief Conservative spokesman and became...
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December 1868, the last year under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli. He again served under Disraeli as Master of the Horse between 1874 and 1880 and...
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John Charles Herries (category Chancellors of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom)
of the Corn Laws. Following the death of Lord George Bentinck in 1848, Herries was suggested by Lord Stanley as an alternative to Benjamin Disraeli as...
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Robert Blake, Baron Blake (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature)
known for his 1966 biography of Benjamin Disraeli, and for The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill, which grew out of his 1968 Ford lectures. Robert...
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Secretary of State for India in Lord Derby's Conservative government 1866–1867. In 1874, under Disraeli, Salisbury returned as Secretary of State for...
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election on the back of his Midlothian campaign against Disraeli's support for the Ottoman Empire. He proceeded to reverse Disraeli's foreign policy by withdrawing...
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William Ewart Gladstone (category Leaders of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom)
obtained a minority of seats in the House of Commons. In the wake of Benjamin Disraeli's victory, Gladstone retired from the leadership of the Liberal party...
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Irish issue in British politics (category History of Ireland (1801–1923))
Britain and Ireland in 1801. In 1844, a future British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, defined what he called the Irish Question: A dense population, in...
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Bentinck and Benjamin Disraeli. On 15 May 1846, Peel's Bill of Repeal (officially titled Corn Importation Bill) was passed in the House of Commons with...
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (redirect from Premiership of Lord John Russell)
minority of Conservatives (including future prime minister Benjamin Disraeli). However, it was twice rejected by the Tory dominated House of Lords, as...
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Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884) (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922))
to Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, a position he retained until 1868, the last year under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli. He could talk fluently...
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Lord Henry Lennox (category Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
House of Commons from 1846 to 1885 and was a close friend of Benjamin Disraeli. Lennox was the third son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond...
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responsible for Palmerston's actions by the other courts of Europe. When Benjamin Disraeli attacked Palmerston's foreign policy, the foreign minister...
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Lord Aberdeen, Benjamin Disraeli, Marquess of Salisbury, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Bonar Law and Neville Chamberlain, he was the first of eight British...
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emerging issue of Catholic emancipation. Despite being called "the Arch-mediocrity" by a later Conservative prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, scholars rank...
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Party leader the Earl of Derby was asked to form a "minority government". Derby appointed Benjamin Disraeli as the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the...
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the Treasury Grafton became Prime Minister on 14 October 1768. Disraeli became Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876. Salisbury continued to serve as Prime Minister...
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Members' Lobby (category Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster)
Three stone statues, located next to the side doors, portraying Benjamin Disraeli, Arthur Balfour and H. H. Asquith. The fourth plinth in the set stands...
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