'Disraeli's First Speech in the House of Commons', London, 7 December 1837,(1901). British Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was elected Tory MP for Maidstone in 1837. He went on to become one of the foremost British statesmen of the Victorian era, serving as Prime Minister in 1868 and from 1874-1880. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]