{"id":3954,"date":"2015-11-01T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T17:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2017-04-22T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T23:11:18","slug":"benjamin-disraeli-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/benjamin-disraeli-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Disraeli 1804 &#8211; 1881"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benjamin_Disraelii.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Disraeli\" width=\"337\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benjamin_Disraelii.jpg 337w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benjamin_Disraelii-81x120.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benjamin_Disraelii-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><br \/>\nBenjamin Disraeli\u00a0was born on\u00a0December 21, 1804 \u00a0and died on April 19, 1881. \u00a0He was a talented writer as well as a\u00a0politician. \u00a0He twice served as Prime Minister. His works include <em>Sybil<\/em>, <em>Coningsby<\/em> and <em>Vivian Grey<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While Disraeli was British,\u00a0all of his\u00a0grandparents and great grandparents were born in Italy<\/li>\n<li>He was of Jewish birth, but later converted to Christianity. \u00a0As of this writing,\u00a0he&#8217;s the only person to hold the office of British Prime Minister who was born\u00a0Jewish.<\/li>\n<li>In 1839 Disraeli married Mary Anne Lewis. \u00a0She was twelve years older than Disraeli and had an\u00a0income of \u00a35,000 a year. &#8220;Dizzy married me for my money,&#8221; his wife later said, &#8220;But, if he had the chance again, he would marry me for love.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0served as Prime Minister twice. \u00a0The first time was from February 27\u00a0to 1 December of 1868. \u00a0The second time Disraeli was Prime Minister was from February 20, 1874 to April 21,\u00a01880.<\/li>\n<li>Disraeli is remembered for his political battles with the Liberal leader, William Ewart Gladstone.<\/li>\n<li>Hughenden Manor, a red brick Victorian mansion, located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England was Disraeli&#8217;s country house. \u00a0In 1862 the Disraelis had the house remodelled by the architect Edward Buckton Lamb.\u00a0Today, it is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.<\/li>\n<li>Disraeli had a close friendship with Queen Victoria, who in 1876 created him Earl of Beaconsfield.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>&#8220;There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Vivian%20Grey\">Vivian Grey<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Benjamin%20Disraeli\">Benjamin Disraeli<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;We are all born for love,&#8221; said Morley. &#8220;It is the principle of existence, and its only end.&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Sybil\">Sybil<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Benjamin%20Disraeli\">Benjamin Disraeli<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Coningsby\">Coningsby<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Benjamin%20Disraeli\">Benjamin Disraeli<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Novels by\u00a0Benjamin Disraeli<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vivian Grey<\/li>\n<li>Popanilla<\/li>\n<li>The Young Duke<\/li>\n<li>Contarini Fleming<\/li>\n<li>Ixion in Heaven<\/li>\n<li>The Wondrous Tale of Alroy<\/li>\n<li>The Rise of Iskander<\/li>\n<li>The Infernal Marriage<\/li>\n<li>Henrietta Temple<\/li>\n<li>Venetia<\/li>\n<li>Coningsby, or the New Generation<\/li>\n<li>Sybil, or The Two Nations<\/li>\n<li>Tancred, or the New Crusade<\/li>\n<li>Lothair<\/li>\n<li>Endymion<\/li>\n<li>Falconet (unfinished)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More About Benjamin Disraeli<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Benjamin%20Disraeli\">Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;fst=as%3Aoff&amp;keywords=Benjamin%20Disraeli&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1447030962&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3ABenjamin%20Disraeli&amp;rnid=2941120011&amp;tag=litquotes-20&amp;linkId=BRVT76Y2EG2424X6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Books by Benjamin Disraeli<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=litquotes-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Disraeli was born on December 21, 1804  and died on April 19, 1881.  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