Disraeli, BENJAMIN

LL.D., D.C.L., EARL OF BEACONS FIELD, 1804-1881. English novelist and statesman; son of ISAAC; M. P. 1837; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68; Premier 1868 and 1874-80; ennobled 1877. Starting as a Radical, he became the strongest leader of the Tories and the leading figure in the Berlin Congre , 1878; his foreign policy, like his whole career, was striking and sensational. His novels display the man and deal largely with public life. Vivian Grey, 1826; Young Duke, 1831; Contarini Fleming, 1833; Alroy, 1833; Hen rietta Temple, 1836; Venetia, 1837; Coningsby, 1844; Tancred, 1847; Lothair, 1870; Endymion, 1880.