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Purchase of Suez Canal

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1875Date range
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Chronological records

1875

Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield27 November 1875

Suez Canal · Government / Conservative Party Government

Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pounds Rothschild bank loan

Names involved

Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield

Provenance

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