Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-19
BEAcONsFIELD DEAD.
Tho End Of . Rom arkabls Career

Lord Beaconsfield had very serious
relapse during the night and died peace
fully at five o'clock this morning. He
was perfectly conscious to the last. Drs.
Kidd and Quain and Lords ROwton and
Darlington were present when Lord
BeaconsieId expired.
fright Honorable BENJAMIN Disraeli,
Earl Of Beaconsfield, was the descendant
of Hebrew family of distinction, the
eldest son Of Isaac Disraeli, who was
noted English author. The family has
been one of prominence for generations
back. The Disraelis fourished upward of
two centuries ago in Spain and Italy.
The grandfather of the earl, BENJAMIN
Disraeli, for whom his lordship was named
settled in England in 1748, amassed
largo fortune in business, and retired in
middle life. Isaac Disraeli, tho father of
the earl devoted his life to literary labors.
He wrote and published books
from 1871 to 1841, and was awarded the
honor of d. G. L. by the university Of Ok
ford. Lord Beaconsficld was born in 1905
and he was educated by private tutors
under the immediate supervision of his
father. At the age when young English
men designed for political honOrs were
usually sent to q university he was articled
to solicitor in order to fit him for gov
ernment position. When weary of the
drudgery of law he relieved himself by
writing articles for Tory journal. When
twenty-five years of age he published his
first novel, Vivian Gray" and he con.
tinued to write and publish works of fic-
tiOn, sometimes intermingled with poll
tics, all his life. In 1889 and in 1885
he was defeated for a seat in Parliament
for Wycombe. He changed his politics
from Radical to Conservative and went to
Taunton, where he ran against Labouch-
ere, and was again defeated. He made
some allusiOn to O'Connell, which in
volved him in a hostile correspondence
with a son of the latter. At the age of
thirty two took his seat in Parliament as
a Conservative representative for Maid
stone. It was then that he made his
.taur pas in attempting to address the
house too early and in sitting
down in great confusion lie uttered that
prophetic declaration, "The time will come
when you'll hear me-" He married in 1889,
and became the leader of the "Young Eng
land party" He became celebrated for his
brilliant invective and polished sarcasm, and
in 1916 the ability he displayed as leader
of the opposition, and year by year he con-
tinued to rise in the estimation Of
the world. In 1852 he accepted
the post of chancellor of the ex.
chequer in the Lord Derby's cabinet. Dis
raeli emerged from this position with re-
newed honors. When the Derby govern
ment was overthrown, Disraeli resumed
the leadership of the opposition in the
House. In 1858 he resumed his former
part in Lord Derby's second cabinet, but
in 1855 he introduced government re.
form measure, which was thrown out and
the government resigned. When Derby
returned to power in 1868, Disraeli again
took the post of chancellor of the exche-
quer. In February, 1868, ho succeeded
Derby as premier, but resigned
in the following December because of
hostile majority in the House. On
this occasion Mrs. Disraeli was raised to
the peeragc as Viscountess Beaconsfield.
While out of offices in 1870 he published
"Lothair." In 1873 the popularity of
Gladstone rapidly subsided, and the new
election of 1874 giving the Conservatives a
large majority, Disraeli returned to power
as prime minister. In 1877 he took his
seat in the Upper House as Lord Beacons-
field. He remained in power until 1880,
when, principally on account of his foreign
policy, he was retired and Gladstone re-
turned to the premiership. Last year
Beaconsfield published Endymion," a
novel with 4 wide circulation.