Benjamin Disraeli Gallery

'Earl of Carnarvon, President of the Society of Antiquaries, 1896. Artist: Unknown

Earl of Carnarvon, President of the Society of Antiquaries, 1896. His maiden speech in the House of Lords brought him to the attention of Lord Derby. Derby appointed him Under-Secretary of State for the colonies in 1858 during his second administration, and Secretary of State for the colonies during his third administration. In 1874 he served in Disraeli's government in the same post. In 1884 he became lord lieutenant of Ireland. Away from political life he was interested in archaeology. He became fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1877, and was president from 1878 to 1885. From The Life and Times of The Right Honourable The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., published by J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., 1896.

© The Print Collector

Hughenden Manor, Earl of Beaconsfield, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Hughenden Manor, Earl of Beaconsfield, c1880. Hughenden is best known for having been the home of the 19th century Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who purhased it in 1848. The house was built in the late 18th century but was remodelled in the 1860s by Edward Buckton Lamb. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume V, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

© The Print Collector / Heritage-Images

The queen at High Wycombe railway station during a visit to Hughenden, late 19th century, (1900). Artist: Unknown

The queen at High Wycombe railway station during a visit to Hughenden, late 19th century, (1900). Queen Victoria visits the Buckinghamshire country home of Benjamin Disraeli, twice prime minister. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, 1900).

© The Print Collector / Heritage-Images