Benjamin ‘Dizzy’ Disraeli was the son of Isaac, a Jewish Italian writer, and had an Anglican upbringing after the age of 12. With Jews excluded from Parliament until 1858, this enabled Disraeli to follow a career that would otherwise have been denied him. He was Britain’s first, and so far only, Jewish Prime Minister.
This is an extra lecture ADDED ON! Oct 26: Jews in UK 1600s – 1880’s – including the rise and influence of the Disraeli Family