Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Receives notice that Ismail Pasha's Suez Canal shares are available and moves quickly to secure them for Britain.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
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Benjamin Disraeli Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Benjamin Disraeli through 73 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Benjamin Disraeli, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
73Distinct records
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1875–1881Years on this page
1875
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Completes the purchase of Egypt's Suez Canal Company shares for £4,000,000 with Rothschild financing.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Purchase of Suez Canal
Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pounds Rothschild bank loan
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Suez Canal
Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pound Rothschild bank loan
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Constitution of Great Britain
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Suez Canal
External debts forced Said Pashas successor, Ismail Pasha, to sell his countrys share in the canal for £4,000,000 (about pounds 85.9 million in 2014) to the United Kingdom in 1875, but French shareholders still held the majority.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Suez Canal
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
1876
Suez Canal Speech
Defends the Suez Canal share purchase in the House of Commons as a necessary imperial measure.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Secures parliamentary approval for funds connected with the purchase of the Suez Canal shares.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Constitution of Great Britain
Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Legislation
Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India. Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Legislation
Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India
Role range: 1874-1880
Peerage
Victoria makes Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield for making her Empress of India. Created Earl Beaconsfield
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Reform of Royal Titles
Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
1877
Suez Canal Shares
Uses the canal shareholding to strengthen Britain's influence over the route to India.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Siege of Constantinople
Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
1878
Treaty of Berlin
Signs the Treaty of Berlin as British prime minister and First Lord of the Treasury.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Bosnia Occupation
Supports Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the revised Balkan settlement.
Role range: 1877-1878
Bulgarian Revision
Supports reducing the Bulgarian state created at San Stefano to limit Russian influence in the Balkans.
Role range: 1877-1878
Eastern Rumelia
Accepts creation of Eastern Rumelia as an autonomous Ottoman province south of the new Bulgarian principality.
Role range: 1877-1878
Russian Asian Gains
Accepts Russian possession of Kars, Ardahan and Batum while opposing wider Russian expansion in Ottoman Asia.
Role range: 1877-1878
Treaty Signature
Signs the Treaty of Berlin for Great Britain alongside Salisbury and Odo Russell.
Role range: 1877-1878
Congress of Berlin
The Congress of Berlin awards Cyprus to Britain. Returns home claiming, "peace with honour". Disraeli signs a Treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used
Role range: 1877-1878 – 1874-1880
Return from Berlin
Returns to Britain presenting the Berlin settlement as a diplomatic success that preserved the European balance.
Role range: 1877-1878
Rule of Cyprus
Disraeli signs a Treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used
Role range: 1877-1878 – 1874-1880
Purchase of Suez Canal Shares
Presents the Suez Canal shareholding as a symbol of imperial foresight and British influence in Egypt.
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Constitution of Great Britain
Disraeli signs a Treaty, 1st time the title "Prime Minister" is officially used
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Rule of Cyprus
On returning to London announce "I bring peace with honor & Cyprus". Demands Cyprus as the price for mediating a peace between Turkey & Russia
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
1879
Capture of Khyber Pass
Under the Treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Declaration of War
Britain goes to war with the Zulus
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Irish Land League
The Irish Land League is founded
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
Treaty of Gandamak
Under the Treaty of Gandamak with Afghanistan Britain occupies the Khyber Pass
Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1880
1881
Burial
Buried at Hughenden
Records, sources and methodology
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