In 1846, Prime Minister Robert Peel split the party over his proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, which involved ending the tariff on imported grain.
After several unsuccessful attempts, Disraeli entered the House of Commons in 1837. His father left Judaism after a dispute at his synagogue Benjamin became an Anglican at the age of 12.
He is the only British Prime Minister to have been born Jewish.ĭisraeli was born in Bloomsbury, then a part of Middlesex. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire and military action to expand it, both of which were popular among British voters. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or 'Tory democracy'.
He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach.
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
