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Transcriber's Note:
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including non-standard spelling and punctuation.
Some changes of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. In the advertisements at the end of the book, apparent missing letters and punctuation have been supplied without comment.
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The Earl of Beaconsfield
Uniform with this volume,3s. 6d.each, with Portrait.
THE QUEENS PRIME MINISTERS,
A SERIES OF POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES
EDITED BY
STUART J. REID,
AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SYDNEY SMITH.

The Volumes will contain Portraits, and will be published at periodical intervals.
  • THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G. By J. A. Froude , D.C.L.
  • VISCOUNT MELBOURNE. By Henry Dunckley , LL.D. (Verax.)
  • SIR ROBERT PEEL. By Justin McCarthy , M.P.
  • VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. By the Marquis of Lorne , K.T.
  • EARL RUSSELL. By Stuart J. Reid .
  • THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. By G. W. E. Russell .
  • THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. By Sir Arthur Gordon , G.C.M.G. &c.
  • THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY. By H. D. Traill , D.C.L.
  • THE EARL OF DERBY. By George Saintsbury .

London :
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON, Limited,
St. Dunstans House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.

The Prime Ministers of
Queen Victoria
EDITED BY
STUART J. REID
LORD BEACONSFIELD

PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON

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LORD BEACONSFIELD
BY J. A. FROUDE
He was a man, take him for all in all,
We shall not look upon his like again
Hamlet, Act I. Scene 2
SECOND EDITION
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON
LIMITED
St. Dunstans House
FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C.
1890
[All rights reserved]

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CONTENTS
PAGE
Carlyle on Lord BeaconsfieldJudgment of the House of CommonsFamily historyThe Jews in SpainMigration to VeniceBenjamin DIsraeli the elderBoyhood of Isaac Disraeli1
Family of Isaac DisraeliLife in LondonBirth of his childrenAbandons Judaism and joins the Church of EnglandEducation of Benjamin DisraeliSchool daysPicture of them in Vivian Grey and Contarini FlemingSelf-education at homeEarly ambition12
The Austen familyChoice of a professionRestlessnessEnters a solicitors officeVivian GreyIllnessTravels abroadMigration of the Disraelis to BradenhamLiterary satiresPopanillaTours in the EastGibraltarCadizSevilleMountain adventuresImproved healthMaltaJames ClayGreeceYaninaRedshid PashaAthensConstantinoplePlains of Troy and Revolutionary epicJaffaJerusalemEgyptHome lettersDeath of William MeredithReturn to England20
Contarini FlemingThe poetical lifePaternal adviceA poet, or not a poet?Revolutionary EpicDisraeli submits to an unfavourable verdictSuccess of the novelsDisraeli a new starLondon societyPolitical ambitionMrs. Wyndham LewisFinancial embarrassmentsPortraits of Disraeli by N. P. WillisLady Dufferin and othersStands for High WycombeSpeech at the Red LionTory RadicalismFriendship with Lord LyndhurstSelf-confidenceVindication of the British ConstitutionConservative reactionTaunton electionCrosses swords with OConnellThe Runnymede LettersAdmitted into the Carlton ClubHenrietta Temple and Venetia45
Returned to Parliament for MaidstoneTakes his place behind Sir R. PeelMaiden speechSilenced by violencePeels opinion of itAdvice of ShielSecond speech on Copyright completely successfulState of politicsEngland in a state of changeBreak-up of ancient institutionsLand and its dutiesPolitical economy and Free TradeStruggle on the Corn Laws67
Disraelis beliefs, political and religiousSympathy with the peopleDefends the ChartistsThe people, the middle-classes, and the aristocracyChartist RiotsSmart passage at arms in the House of CommonsMarriageMrs. Wyndham LewisDisraeli as a husband83
The enthusiasm of progressCarlyle and DisraeliProtection and Free TradeSir Robert Peel the Protectionist championHigh Church movement at OxfordThe Church as a Conservative powerEffect of the Reform BillDisraelis personal viewsImpossible to realiseElection of 1841Sir Robert Peels MinistryDrift towards Free TradePeels neglect of DisraeliTariff of 1842Young EnglandSymptoms of revoltFirst skirmish with PeelRemarkable speech on Ireland91
Young England and the Oxford TractariansDisraeli a Hebrew at heartConingsbySidoniaSybil; or the Two NationsThe great towns under the new creedLords of the soil, as they were and as they areDisraeli an aristocratic socialistPractical working of Parliamentary institutionsSpecial importance of Sybil107
The New GospelEffect on English characterThe Manchester SchoolTendencies of Sir Robert PeelThe Corn LawsPeel brought into office as a ProtectionistDisraeli and PeelProtracted duelEffect of Disraelis speechesFinal declaration of Peel against the Corn LawsCorn Laws repealedLord George BentinckIrish Coercion BillThe Canning episodeDefeat and fall of PeelDisraeli succeeds to the Leadership of the Conservative Party129
Disraeli as Leader of the OppositionEffects of Free TradeScientific discoveriesSteamRailroadsCommercial revolutionUnexampled prosperityTwenty-five years of Liberal governmentDisraelis opinions and general attitudeParty government and the conditions of itPower of an Opposition LeaderNever abused by Disraeli for party interestsSpecial instancesThe coup dtatThe Crimean WarThe Indian MutinyThe Civil War in AmericaRemarkable warning against playing with the Constitution149
Literary workTancred; or, the New CrusadeModern philosophyThe Vestiges of the Natural History of CreationLife of Lord George BentinckDisraelis religious viewsRevelation as opposed to ScienceDislike and dread of RationalismReligion and statesmanshipThe national creed the supplement of the national lawSpeech in the theatre at OxfordDisraeli on the side of the angels165
Indifference to moneyDeath of Isaac DisraeliPurchase of HughendenMrs. Brydges Willyams of TorquayAn assignation with unexpected resultsIntimate acquaintance with Mrs. WillyamsCorrespondenceViews on many subjectsThe Crown of GreeceLouis NapoleonSpanish pedigree of Mrs. Willyams178
Fall of the Whigs in 1867Disraeli as Chancellor of the ExchequerReform Bill, why undertakenNecessities, real or fancied, of a Party LeaderAlternativesSplit in the CabinetDisraeli carries his pointNiagara to be shotRetirement of Lord DerbyDisraeli Prime MinisterVarious judgments of his characterThe House of Commons responsible for his elevationIncreasing popularity with all classes
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