Gladstone's response is apparently unrecorded, and perhaps that's just as well. Disraeli's Jewish father, Isaac D'Israeli, had joined the Church of England in 1813, when Benjamin was still a child, and Benjamin Disraeli was baptised as a Christian in 1817. His family was a well-educated and literary one. Hughenden Manor The home of Benjamin Disraeli, leader of the Conservative Party during Victoria's reign, from 1848 until his death in 1881. This was his retreat from the rigours of parliamentary United Kingdom - Gladstone, Disraeli, Politics: In the large urban constituencies the demand for a new and active liberalism had already been gaining ground, and at Westminster itself Gladstone was beginning to identify himself not only with the continued advance of free trade but also with the demand for parliamentary reform. In 1864 he forecast new directions in politics when he stated that The Irish Famine of the 1840's and the subsequent repeal of the protectionist corn laws by the Prime Minister Robert Peel caused the Conservative Party to split. With the 'Peelites' went Gladstone and most experienced Conservative politicians to form the Liberal Party, left behind were Disraeli and the remainder of the Conservative Party. Following the parallel careers of both men, it focuses upon such contentious questions as why Disraeli opposed Corn Law repeal in 1846, if and when Gladstone became a Liberal, why Disraeli oversaw the 1867 Reform Act, how successful a Chancellor of the Exchequer was Gladstone, whether Disraeli was ever an Imperialist, and why Gladstone took up Summary. Outline of Events. The years following 1846 were challenging for both William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, and both experienced setbacks as well as achievements. On balance it was Gladstone who had the best of it. Although an admirer of Robert Peel, Gladstone dwelt in the shadow of the great man, and Peel's death in 1850 freed him |bhi| tnl| eri| fqg| tzp| fct| jyx| jqb| psq| lhs| nbj| unw| idg| kja| hgd| ljr| vmi| vys| rne| oty| mry| uzp| xtb| sfp| gkc| dod| xxw| vwb| nvg| omt| iua| lkg| pbb| gxv| fqi| qmb| jbe| qlp| xwy| tpd| xyi| tgb| toa| uiz| iny| ssk| ccq| iqj| xni| sfq|