The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-06
Biographical Skstch Of Lord Reacons-
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BENJAMIN DtsRAEL1 was born in London on
49, 49,. DecemheE, l8az His father was
Isaac DfsfSS1i. known as the author Of several
literary works, among them the famous 'Curi
fosites d, NteratureT His m0thfr,A maiden.
lnanle wlSBaSdyk ddHshs.x Is tlkedpusktes Of
the architect of that name who was killed ON
the 18th OF October, 1S45, by falling from q
tower Of Ely Cathedral He received hts first
education from his father and private tutors.
Then he studied fe the bar in the.effice of 4
.els,tos We s9S such S' 5ansI e that g.
Rpt notwithstanding his hgiabt prpspects. hei
self to literature. At the age Of nineteen he.
visited Germany, where he remained until
rlae6, when hei returned 20 England and pub
lished his first novel. "vivian Grey" which
created sensation and was translated into the
|sprncipsl ldhRuAGe5 Of Europe. HiSgreat am
Sbition was to obtain seat id Parliament, but
it was not gratified until his thirty-second
year, when he was chosen as q representative
of heborod 1a(idstoneto the first Par
lament Of the reign Of yictoris. having been
twice defeated when running for High Wy
combe, Buckinghamshire, as a Tory-RadicaL
and again when running for Taunton as Cons
besides "vivian Grey" a satire in one vol
ume entitled The Voyage Of Captain Po9s-T
nnla. his second society novel g siThe Young
Duke" q novel called "Contarini Fleming
psychological autobiography, a glittering
oriental romance; 1.-THE SWOndrOus Tale OF
Alroy;" :. The Rise OF Iskander.' FOUNDED on
Sca1derbeg revolt against the Turks in the
fifteenth century; the politiear writings,
"What Is Hep 'The Revolutionary Epfc,''
I" The Crisis Examined" and ~ yindication-
of the English Constitution ewbodying his
political views; the sarcastic land punyent
articles in the Times signed Runnymede the,
love story. Henrietta Temple" and the novel;
s'Venetia. Nm which Byron and Shelley fiaare.sS
His first speech in Parliament was failure.
and was shouted down by the members. He
closed with the following words: II am not
surprised at the reception 1haveexperienced.l
/ have begun several times many things, andI
have often succeeded at last. Ishall sit down
now. but the time will come wnen you will hear
me-" And indeed It was not long before he was
heard, for in 1850 already he made speech
which was listened to with profound attention.
Soon afterward he published d five-act Spanish
tragedy, the Count Alarcos." Thesame year
he married the widow. OF Wyndham Lewis,
to whose sweet and noble character he testi-
fled, by defeating one of his novels to his
perfect WIFE" He'was now looked upon as
the leader of the half literary, half political
party then gaining prominence in England, and
his next novel. "COningsby; or, the New Gen
Grafton" gained wide circulation because it
was regarded as statement OF the views OF
that party, and because several public men
figured in It as characters. "Sibyr' and "Tan-
cred' were published respectively in lS45 and /.
1884,. OF the three last-named books he him.
self says in the preface to his collected works
uS1O;: They form trilogy. the object of
which was to delineate the origin and charac-
ter of English political parties" t
His savage attacks on Sir Robert Peel for
his free-trade policy now caused Dsraeli to be
looked upon as one of the chief members of
Parliament. and in 1919 he became the leader
Of the Conservative party. During the same
year he published a biography of his father,
and, in lS5s, q memoir of his friend Lord
George Dentinek. & ~
InMarch. lS52. when Lord Derby was at the
head of the administration. Disraeli was
made Chancellor of the Exche9uer and q
member OF the Privy Council. The same
year he went out of Office with Lord Derby,
in December. After Lord Palmerston's down.
fall. in February, 1855, he again became Cham
cefior of the Exche,luer under Lord Derby, &
who Was succeeded in June of the same year
by the Palmerston-Russell Cabinet. During.
this administration; as well as during the fol-
lowing RUSSELL Gladsto one Ministry, he led the
opposition in the Commons He again be-
came Chancellor of the ExcheQuer under
Derby. in 1865, his chief political action being
his support of the Reform bill, signed
by the Queen August Is. 1857, extend
ing the right & suffrage to all House
holders in a borough and to every person
in a county having q freehold of forty shil-
linss. The Earl Of Derby resigned in
1863. Disraeli then became Prime
which post he retained until Decem-
Der, Hen whim he WAsszanceeaded nv Glad J
stone. In 1870 he published 81 othair," which
reached a circulation of 5000 copies in this
The peerage offered him in 1868 he
declined for himself. but he accepted it for his
wife. who became Viscountess Beaconsfield.
He became Prime Minister again in February,
1874. after the resignation of Gladstone, by
whom he was again succeeded on the 18th Of
April, 1880. Soon afterward he was created
Earl of Beaconsfeld His wife died December
o. 1872. orfsr,,v,,..
The family Disraeh settled frstiin Spain and
then in Venice. Benjamin Disraeli came to
England in I746 He married in 1765 Sarah
vilIareal de Seproot, by whom he had one
child, Isaac Disraeli, the father of Lord Bea-
consfeld.