DISRAELI’S KINDRED.

Western Star, Issue 281, 25 January 1879, Page 2 (Supplement)

DISRAELI’S KINDRED.

The statement that Lord Beaconsfield a nephew is his nearest living relative is-incbt-rect. His lordship is the eldes t ofafamily of three sons and one daughter, the children of the late Isaac Disraeli, an eminent man. of letters, author of “ The Curiosities of Literature ” and several other standard works bn history, politics, and criticism. Benjamin, the eldest, bom December 21, 1805, is the S resent Ear! of Beaconsfield, K.G. The aughter died unmarried several , years ago, James, the second son, entering the public service, rose to high office, in ■ Somerset House (the Internal Revenue Department), and died some years , ago,, .leaving his fortune,; estimated ;at ■ . L12,Q00, ; . •tb his more distinguished brother.' Ralph, Dwaeli,; the third son, is the second officer of the House of Lords, being Clerk-Assistant; of Parliament (a patent office, and therefore permanent), his compensation being a salary of LI,BOO a-ycar ,It is not'unusual to speak of Lord Beaconsfield: as. an adventurer; but this does not apply to him in a pecuniary sense, for bis father was a'man bf large fortune, who finally retired; from London, to reside oh his own place—Bradenham House, in the county of Bucks, which hi? distinguished son represented in the House of Commons from 1857. until ‘August, 1876,' when he was transferred to the House of Lords by the ; personal favor of his Sovereign. Ralph Disraeli, his brother, will not succeed to the earldom of Beaconsfield in the event ef survivorship, unless a new patent, allowing the title to pass to the next male of km, ( be granted, as was done in 1869 in the case of the late Lord Brougham. It was from the persona! care of the elder Disraeli that the. Premier of today received the groundwork of his education, particularly in the languages, dead and living. The son’s affectionate and interesting biography :bf such a father, written in 1848, thus On the whole—nay, IT)fj«eye that, taking all into consideration, the integrity and completeness of his existence, - the fact that for sixty years he largely contributed to form the taste, charm the leisure, and direct the studious dispositions of the great body of the public, and that his works have extensively and curiously illustrated the, literary and political history of our' country) it will he conceded that in his life and labors herepaid England for the protection and the; hospitality which this country awarded, to his father oyer a century /ago.” These closing words refer to the fact, that, in 1748 Lord Beaconsfield’s grandfather" became an English denizen.”-—* Philadelphia .Press/ .