| 1804 |
(21 December) Born in London |
| 1817 |
(31 July) Baptized at St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London |
| 1824 |
Toured Belgium and Rhine Valley |
| 1826 |
Toured France, Switzerland and Italy |
| 1826-7 |
Published Vivian Grey |
| 1828 |
Published The Voyage of Captain Popanilla |
| 1830-1 |
Toured Spain, Mediterranean and the Near East |
| 1831 |
Published The Young Duke |
| 1832 |
Published Contarini Fleming |
| 1832 |
Contested Wycombe twice unsuccessfully |
| 1833 |
Published Alroy and The Rise of Iskander |
| 1834 |
Contested Wycombe unsuccessfully |
| 1834 |
Published a “new edition” of Alroy |
| 1835 |
Contested Taunton unsuccessfully |
| 1835 |
Published Vindication of the English Constitution |
| 1836 |
Published Henrietta Temple |
| 1837 |
Published Venetia |
| 1837 |
Elected Tory MP for Maidstone |
| 1839 |
Married Mary Anne, widow of Wyndham Lewis |
| 1841 |
Elected Tory MP for Shrewsbury |
| 1844 |
Published Coningsby |
| 1845 |
Published Sybil |
| 1846 |
Published another edition of Alroy, with a revised preface dated July 1845 |
| 1847 |
Published Tancred |
| 1847 |
Elected Tory MP for Buckinghamshire (until 1876) |
| 1848 |
Supported Lionel de Rothschild's right to be seated in Parliament |
| 1852 |
Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1858-9 |
Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1866-8 |
Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1868 |
(February-December) Served as Prime Minister |
| 1870 |
Published Lothair |
| 1872 |
(16 December) Wife died |
| 1874 |
(February) Elected Prime Minister |
| 1875 |
Oversaw purchase of shares in the Suez Canal |
| 1876 |
Created Earl of Beaconsfield |
| 1880 |
(April) Defeated at General Election and resigns |
| 1880 |
Published Endymion |
| 1881 |
(19 April) Died in London |
