Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons Conquest of Constantinople 'Sir George Carroll'

'Sir George Carroll'

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The image also includes a brief explanation and history of the figures which were taken from Ludgate at its demolition in 1760

'Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel'

Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons Conquest of Constantinople 'Sir George Carroll'Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons, London, 7 December 1837 (1901). Disraeli (1804 1881) was elected Tory MP for Maidstone in 1837. He went on to become one of the foremost British statesman of the Victorian era, serving as Prime Minister in 1868 and from 1874 1880. From The Illustrated London News, 1901.