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 Benjamin Disraeli - Westminster Abbey, London, UK
N 51° 29.985 W 000° 07.636
30U E 699386 N 5709314
This marble statue mounted on a marble plinth is a memorial to the twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli. It stands in the north transept of Westminster Abbey and is one of the first memorials seen by visitors.
Waymark Code: WM13BBX
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/31/2020
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The
statue is by the sculptor Sir J Edgar Boehm and was erected in the Abbey
in 1884, some three years after Disraeli's death. The larger than
lifesize white marble statue shows Disraeli standing and wearin
Coronation robes. He is bare-headed and has a small goatee type beard.
His right arm is down by his side and his left hand is placed in the
centre of his chest. The inscription of the white marble plinth reads:
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Erected
by Parliament
to
Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.
twice Prime Minister
Born 1804 Died 1881
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The Westminster
Abbey website has an article about Benjamin Disraeli that
advises:
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In the
north transept of Westminster Abbey is an over-life size white
marble statue of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield,
Victorian Prime Minister. The statue is by sculptor Sir J.
Edgar Boehm and the statue was installed in 1884.
The statue stands next to one to Gladstone, his great rival.
Benjamin was the eldest son of Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848), a
writer, who was descended from a Jewish family who had settled
in Italy, and his wife Maria Bacevi. He wrote his first story
when he was fifteen years old and published many novels during
his lifetime, but they were critically dismissed
by writers such as Wordsworth and Anthony Trollope. He
travelled widely and in the 1830s began his political career.
In 1839 he married widow Mary Anne Lewis. He rose to be leader
of the House of Commons and chancellor of the exchequer. In
1868 and 1874-1876 he was Prime Minister and he was created
Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876. He died on 19th April 1881 and
was buried in the church near his manor at Hughenden in
Buckinghamshire. Queen Victoria, as a mark of her esteem,
erected a memorial to him in the church there.
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Note:
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With
the re-opening of Westminster Abbey after Covid-19 lockdown
photography, for private use, has been allowed in most areas
of the Abbey when services are not taking place (see here).
There is an entry fee payable to enter the Abbey that is
currently £18 for an adult (October, 2020).
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Visit Instructions:
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