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| Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconfield | |||
| Second child and eldest son of Isaac D'Israeli, a Jewish literary critic and historian who had Benjamin baptised in the Church of England, following a dispute with their synagogue | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Event | |
| 21 December 1804 | Born | ||
| 1821 | Articled to a solicitor | ||
| 1826 | Wrote 'Vivian Grey', his first novel | ||
| 27 July 1837 | 29 June 1841 | M.P. (Tory) for Maidstone | |
| 1838 | Married Mary Anne Lewis, widow of Wyndham Lewis | ||
| 30 July 1841 | 30 July 1847 | M.P. for Shrewsbury | |
| 4 August 1847 | 22 September 1876 | M.P. for Buckinghamshire | |
| 27 February 1852 | 17 December 1852 | Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Earl of Derby's first government | |
| 26 February 1858 | 11 June 1859 | Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Earl of Derby's second government | |
| 6 July 1866 | 29 February 1868 | Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Earl of Derby's third government | |
| 28 February 1868 | 9 December 1868 | Prime Minister, after Derby resigned on grounds of ill health, and until defeated on an opposition Irish Church resolution. He introduced a far-reaching Parliamentary Reform Act, which also necessitated a new election, which was wond by Gladstone's Liberals | |
| 20 February 1874 | 28 April 1880 | Prime Minister for the second time, until he dissolved parliament in a period of economic depression and mounting unemployment, after by-election results seemed - incorrectly - to indicate an increase in Conservative popularity. Gladstone's 2nd government took over. | |
| 12 August 1876 | Elevated to the peerage as 1st Earl of Beaconfield, and Viscount Hughenden | ||
| 19 April 1881 | Died | ||
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