Item 39. Election Address, 1837, Dep. Hughenden 28/4, fol. 5
After several unsuccessful attempts Disraeli was finally elected to the
House of Commons
in July 1837 when he was returned as one of the two Tory
candidates for the Kent constituency of
Maidstone in the General Elections
called after the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne.
(© The
National Trust)
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