Benjamin Disraeli. PM 1874-1880

• Hughenden Manor

Whigs

• "The Natural Party of Government"
• 1832 Reform Bill

Tories

• electoral success?

Sir Robert Peel 1840s

• judicious reforms/split party

Disraeli's "Tory Democracy"

• Monarchy
• Aristocracy
• Church of England
• 1867 Reform Bill

1874 General Election

Legislation--more reform!

1874

Public Worship Regulation Act

The Church of England--Protestant

"Church Parties"

• Anglo-Catholicism (High Church; ritual)
• Evangelicals (Low Church; Protestant)
• Broad Church (Liberal)

Licensing Act

• longer hours

Factory Act

• 54 hour week/women & children

Richard Cross

Home Secretary

1875

Conspiracy & Protection of PropertyAct

• collective bargaining
• picketing
• no breach of contract

Artisan's Dwelling Act

• Urban transportation
• Municipal slum clearance

Public Health Act

• The Great Stink

Friendly Societies Act

1876

Education Act

• Elementary Education Compulsory

Lord Beaconsfield--1876

1877--80

Change in direction

• Suburbs Housing link
• Property Rights
• Foreign Policy
• India and Empire
• Empress of India--1877

 Why was it regarded as appropriate for Disraeli's supporters to give him a country house?

What drove the Disraeli administration's commitment to social reform?

What were the most important reforms of his administration?