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Benjamin Disraeli: The Novelist Prime Minister
British prime minister, 1804–1881
Benjamin Disraeli was born in London on 21 December 1804.
He wrote novels including Coningsby and Sybil.
He was prime minister in 1868 and again from 1874 to 1880.
He bought Britain a major stake in the Suez Canal in 1875.
Career highlights
- 1837MP: enters Parliament
- 1845Sybil: novel
- 1867Reform Act: extends the vote
- 1874Prime minister: second term
- 1878Congress of Berlin: "peace with honour"
Did you know?He was the only British prime minister so far to have been born Jewish.

