1860 ca, GREAT BRITAIN: The british jewish politician Benjamin DISRAELI, 1th Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881). Was a British Conservative statesman at time of Queen Victoria and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Ministerthe first and thus far only person of Jewish parentage to do so (although Disraeli was baptised in the Anglican Church at 13). Disraeli's biographers believe he was descended from Italian Sephardic Jews from FINALE EMILIA (Modena)