Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-19
THE EVENING STAR.
h-...-...........Aprfl 10, 1871 I.
BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.

bhlbf SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
benjamin Dlsraeii. Earl OF Besconsnem
WHOSE serious illness has been mentioned daily
IA me caoie dispatches 70 THK STAR for soma
, ,dine pas, nad very serious relapse during
last nignt aad died peacefully az O'Clock this
morning. BE was conscious 70 the last. Ora
Kidd and Quain and LorLs Bowton ana Rap
deceased author ana statesman was TIE e,sa as
son OF Isaac Disraeli, well known Englisb
author, and was the descendant or a He6reW
family which flourished first In Span and az
Disraeli, came 70 England In las. entered into
business IN London and amassed q fortane
while yet; In middle life. Lord Beaconsfeld
was born In LONDON in 1905. and received a
private education, which was carefully
super1ntended by his father. At the
age when most young men who rise 90
university, he was articled TO solicitor, with a
view or qualifying him for a situation IN a gov
eminent Office. The drudgery OF a lawyers
Office b Ing distsstetul 10 him he contributed 10
tory journal, the REPRESENTATIVE Ia ls2. ne
published his novel, "Vivlan Grey, which WAS
followed at Intervals by other works OF 1ction.
AIteT Nlslung Italy. Greece. Turkey and syria
ne returned 10 England TO md the country in
VOWED In the reform bill agitation His synpa-
thles appear now TO have inclined to radlcalism
Ia politics, and having obtained recommenda-
tons from Mr. Hume and Mr.. 0Conneil he pre-
sented himself iu 1899 10 the electors OF Wv
COZ eet Vas 1eleateo. Az the general cleo
iSS, he contested Maidstone In the conservative
interest along with Mr.. Wyndham Lewis and
MeS eltCteu. AT lne early age OF ~ ne took HI,
seat In the house OF commons. His maiden
speech, which was In the high-fiown style ex-
cited the laughter OF the house, and he was so
much disconnected that he stopped abruptly.
put not " ittout utteTing the remarkable pro.
pnecy, ~ shall Sit down now, but the time viii
come when you Will hear me-" In 1855, Mr.
W. Lewis died. and Disraeli married the widow
OF MS late colleague. IL WAS not until lsls that
he began to attract notice, and not long after
ward he gained the ear OF the house as the
leader OF the Young England party. After en-
ring Parliament he wrote more novels "Sibil"
GS45) and "Tancred' QS41.l In 1s4l he OBJ
tained a seat for Shrewsbury. On the death OF
ceeded 10 the leadership or the protectlonists in
the house. In 1859 the Earl OF Derby offered him
the post OF chancellor Of the excheQuar It WAS
The nrSt time brilliant novelist lad ever 1g-
ured as the finance minister OF . great COM
meIcial nation, and IL argues Well for the
With honor and credit from the ordeal In
1883 he introduced measure OF parliamentary
reform, which, being thrown out was followed
by the resignation OF the government When
LORD Derby returned TO power In July, 1866,
Disraeli again returned TO the.post OF chancel-
lor OF The exchequer. In February, 1865. he
succeed LORD Derby as premier; but, in the face
OF hostile majority, resigned In the following
December. On this occasion Mrs. Dlsraeli was
raised TO the peerage as viscounteSs Beacons-
1elG. While out or Office In 1870 he published
"Lothair." In 1873 the popularity or Gladstone
rapidly supsided, and the new election or 1sTs
giving the conservatives large majority, Dis
raeli returned to power as prime minister. In
lSl1 he took his seat In the upper house as Lord
Beaconsf1eld. He remained IN power until 1880
when, principally on account OF his foreign
policy, he was retired and Gladstone returned
TO The premiership. Last year Beaconsneld
published 'Endymfon, a novel that had a Wi ia
ctTcnlaftnn ENGLAND