TO CORRESPONDENTS.
P. G.—(l.) Earl Beaconsfield was born in London on the 21st December, 1805. and was therefore 75 years of age. (2.) Of the 27 Administrations of the British Parliament in the present century that of the deceased earl’s was, in duration, the fifth longest. William Pitt was Prime Minister of England for over 17 years—from Dec. 1783 to March 1801 ; the Earl of Liverpool nearly 15 years—from June 1812 to April 1827 ; Viscount Melbourne 0 years 5 months—from April 1835 to Sept. 1841 ; Lord Palmerston 0 years 4 months—from June 1859 to November 1805 ; and Earl Beaconsfield (then Benjamin Disraeli) for 0 years 2 months—from Feb. 1874 to April 1880.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1420, 21 April 1881, Page 2
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