Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British politician and writer, who twice served as
Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern
Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the
Liberal Party leader
William Ewart Gladstone, and his
one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the
British Empire. He is, , the only British Prime Minister
of Jewish birth.