1. Disraeli - Noun
2. Disraeli - Proper noun
British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
Source: WordNetDisraeli was my favourite Tory. He was an adventurer pure and simple, or impure and complex. I'm glad to say Gladstone got the better of him. Michael Foot
Toryism, as we know it, was illuminated, expounded, and made a gospel for a large portion of this country by the genius of Benjamin Disraeli. Most of us who have worked for our great party have founded our beliefs on, and derived our inspiration from that statesman. Stanley Baldwin
Gladstone speaking of Disraeli A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity. Benjamin Disraeli
According to Blake, Disraeli "in a brilliant oration of withering invective proceeded to destroy Lowe", who apologised and never held office again. Source: Internet
Aldous, pp. 187–188 In late February, with Parliament in session and Derby absent, he wrote to Disraeli asking for confirmation that "you will not shrink from the additional heavy responsibility". Source: Internet
After Meredith's death, Sarah Disraeli never married. Source: Internet