Born in 1804, died in 1881; son of Isaac D'Israeli; entered
Parliament in 1837, where he opposed Peel; Chancellor of
Exchequer and leader of the House in 1852, and again in
1858; Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1866; carried the
Reform bill of 1867; Prime Minister in 1868, and again in
1874-80; made Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876; plenipotentiary
at the Congress of Berlin in 1878; published several novels,
including "Vivian Gray" (1826), "Henrietta Temple" (1837),
"Coningsby" (1844), "Sybil" (1845), "Tancred" (1847), and
"Endymion" (1880).