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Benjamin D'Israeli
1730–1816Europe · 1730Most named place: Venice
Merchant and financier
Benjamin D’Israeli was an English merchant and financier, grandfather of the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Benjamin was born in Venice on September 22, 1730. He went to England in 1748, and settled there as a merchant. Benjamin contributed liberally toward the support of the synagogue, but only on one occasion did he serve in a minor office—that of inspector of charity schools in the year 1782. He died at Stoke Newington, London, in 1816.



