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Benjamin Disraeli

1804–1881

prime minister, Victoria's favourite

Facts

Born:
21 December 1804
Died:
19 April 1881 (aged 76)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 14
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 32
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 35
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 56

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 21 December 1804 Birth of Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister, Victoria's favourite
  2. 27 February 1868 Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister aged 63
  3. 1 December 1868 Benjamin Disraeli leaves office: resigns after an election defeat aged 63
  4. 20 February 1874 Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister (second time) aged 69
  5. 25 November 1875 Disraeli buys Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal aged 70
  6. 21 April 1880 Benjamin Disraeli leaves office: resigns after an election defeat aged 75
  7. 19 April 1881 Death of Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister, Victoria's favourite aged 76

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