John Wilson Croker
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John Wilson Croker was an Anglo-Irish statesman and author. Educated in Dublin, he became a Member of Parliament before being appointed to government posts in Whitehall. He is remembered mostly for hi
John Wilson Croker, by William Owen
Rosamond Hester Elizabeth Pennell, Croker's adopted daughter. Portrait of Rosamond Croker by Thomas Lawrence, 1827.
Benjamin Disraeli
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creat
John Wilson Croker
…completed by Whitwell Elwin and William John Courthope. He died at St Albans Bank, Hampton. Croker was generally supposed to be the original from which Benjamin Disraeli drew the character of "Rigby" in Coningsby, because he had for many years had the sole management of the estates of the Marquess of Hertford, the "Lord…
Disraeli in 1878
Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli by Francis Grant. Disraeli as a young man—a retrospective portrayal painted in 1852
Friends and allies of Disraeli in the 1830s: clockwise from top left—Croker, Lyndhurst, Henrietta Sykes and Lady Londonderry
Mary Anne Lewis c. 1820–30