BEACONSFIELD, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, 1 Earl of (_eld. son of Isaac Disraeli of London 1766–1848_). _b._ London 21 Dec. 1804; baptised in parish church of St. Andrew, Holborn 31 July 1817; articled to Wm. Stevens of 6 Frederick’s place Old Jewry, solicitor 10 Nov. 1821; student of Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov. 1824 to 25 Nov. 1831; M.P. for Maidstone 1837–1841, for Shrewsbury 1841–1847 and for Bucks. 1847–1876; chancellor of the exchequer Feb. 1852 to Dec. 1852, Feb. 1858 to June 1859 and July 1866 to Feb. 1868; P.C. March 1852; introduced and carried Representation of the people act 1867; first lord of the Treasury 29 Feb. 1868 to 2 Dec. 1868 and 21 Feb. 1874 to 27 April 1880; lord rector of Glasgow University 1871–1875, installed 19 Nov. 1873; F.R.S. 10 Feb. 1876; lord privy seal 12 Aug. 1876 to Feb. 1878; created Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden of Hughenden Manor, Bucks. 21 Aug. 1876; first British plenipotentiary at Berlin congress 13 June to 13 July 1878; K.G. 22 July 1878; admitted to freedom of City of London 3 Aug. 1878; author of _Vivian Grey 4 vols._ 1827; _The young duke 3 vols._ 1831; _Alroy 3 vols._ 1833; _Contarini Fleming_ 1833; _The Revolutionary Epick, a poem_ 1834; _Henrietta Temple 3 vols._ 1836; _Venetia 3 vols._ 1837; _Alarcos a tragedy_ 1839 which was produced on the stage at Astley’s; _Coningsby or the new generation 3 vols._ 1844; _Sybil or the two nations 3 vols._ 1845; _Tancred or the new crusade 3 vols._ 1847; _Political biography of Lord George Bentinck_ 1851; _Lothair 3 vols._ 1870; _Endymion 3 vols._ 1880. _d._ 19 Curzon st. Mayfair London 19 April 1881. _bur._ Hughenden churchyard 26 April. _Maclise Portrait gallery by W. Bates_ (1883) 164–72, _portrait_; _Lord Beaconsfield, a biography by T. P. O’Connor_, _6 ed._ 1884; _The public life of Lord Beaconsfield by F. Hitchman, 3 ed._ 1884; _An appreciative life of Lord Beaconsfield, edited by C. Brown, 2 vols._ 1882, _portrait_. NOTE.—He is the hero of ‘Vivian Grey’ the first edition of which novel has whole chapters not found in subsequent editions; he figures almost by name in Lady Bulwer Lytton’s novel “Behind the Scenes” 3 vols. 1854. His statue in Parliament sq. was unveiled 19 April 1883, Primrose day. BEACONSFIELD, MARY ANNE DISRAELI, Viscountess (_only dau. of John Viney Evans, Captain R.N. of Branceford park, Devon_). _b._ 1795. (_m._ (1) 1811 Wyndham Lewis, M.P. for Maidstone who _d._ 14 March 1838, _m._ (2) 28 Aug. 1839 Benjamin Disraeli, 1 Earl of Beaconsfield). Created Viscountess Beaconsfield of Beaconsfield 30 Nov. 1868. _d._ Hughenden, Bucks 15 Dec. 1872. _Heath’s Book of beauty_ 1841 _p._ 236, _portrait_.