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AI IMAGE - Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, 1860s, (2023). Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) was twice Prime Minister of Britain, first in 1868 and then again between 1874 and 1880. Disraeli extended the British Empire, and played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party. He is the only British prime minister to have been born Jewish. He was also a novelist, publishing works of fiction even while serving as prime minister.