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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beacofisfield and Viscount Hughenden,
in 1878 at. age 73 years
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British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three
decades, twice as Prime !\1inister of the United Kingdom. Although his father had him baptised to Anglicanism at
age 13, he was nonetheless the country's first and thus far only Prime Minister who was born into a Jewish family. ,
He played an instrumental role in the creation of the modem Conservative Party after the Com Laws schism of 1846.
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Following his death in April 1881, his supporters fonned the Primrose League in 1883 to uphold and further the cause
of Conservative principles in Great Britain.
