This man lost his seat in the House of Commons after receiving the titles of Viscount of Hughenden and 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. This man thrice served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Derby's minority governments, the third of which eliminated rotten boroughs and gave workers the right to vote by passing the (*) Second Reform Act that this man championed. The Rothschilds funded this man's purchase of shares of the Suez Canal, and he gave the title of "Empress of India" to Queen Victoria, who disliked his Liberal opponent. For ten points, name this Conservative British Prime Minister of Jewish descent who had a rivalry with William Gladstone.
This man lost his seat in the House of Commons after receiving the titles of Viscount of Hughenden and 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. This man thrice served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Derby's minority governments, the third of which eliminated rotten boroughs and gave workers the right to vote by passing the (*) Second Reform Act that this man championed. The Rothschilds funded this man's purchase of shares of the Suez Canal, and he gave the title of "Empress of India" to Queen Victoria, who disliked his Liberal opponent. For ten points, name this Conservative British Prime Minister of Jewish descent who had a rivalry with William Gladstone.
This man lost his seat in the House of Commons after receiving the titles of Viscount of Hughenden and 1st Earl of Beaconsfield.
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield