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'Monstrous craws

The question that Punch is asking is what lay behind this meeting

was laid in 1904

From a brass in St Mary's Church

Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons mb-code 1239978 Plate 2 figures 1-5 fromDisraeli's first speech in the House of Commons, 19th century (c1905). Benjamin Disraeli, British Conservative statesman, was first elected to Parliament in 1837. He went on to serve as Prime Minister on two occasions. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905). Original drawing by T Walter Wilson.