Which British prime minister was created Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria in 1876?

Benjamin Disraeli was the British prime minister created Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria in 1876.

Disraeli became prime minister for the second time after the Conservatives won the 1874 general election. In August 1876, Victoria elevated him to the House of Lords as Earl of Beaconsfield, with the subsidiary title Viscount Hughenden. He therefore continued as prime minister but no longer sat in the House of Commons.

The title reflected Disraeli’s close relationship with the queen and his political importance. He had supported the Royal Titles Act 1876, which gave Victoria the title Empress of India. Beaconsfield was a Buckinghamshire town near Hughenden Manor, Disraeli’s country home. A common mix-up is confusing him with William Gladstone, his great Liberal rival; Gladstone was prime minister before and after Disraeli’s second ministry.