Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph (1867 -1936)

Coningsby Ralph Disraeli, of Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire, was the only son of Ralph Disraeli, Deputy Clerk of Parliament, and Katherine, daughter of Charles Trevor. Educated at Charterhouse and New College, Oxford, Member of Parliament for the Altrincham Division of Cheshire from 1892 to 1906, a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant, an Alderman of the County Council of Buckinghamshire, and a Major in the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry, Mr Disraeli was the nephew and heir of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, to whose estates he succeeded in 1881. He married, 2 March 1897, Marion Grace, daughter of Edward Silva, of Tescombe in Hampshire. She was an O.B.E. and a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Some of his books were sold at Sotheby's 17 December 1930, and more with some of his wife's also at Sotheby's on 23 February 1937.

Seat / Residence(s): Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire
Library Auction Details: Sotheby's (17 December 1930), (23 February 1937)
Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph (1867 - 1936) (Stamp 1) Title: Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph (1867 - 1936) (Stamp 1)
Crest: A castle triple towered encircled at the base by a wreath of oak leaves
Motto: Forti nihil difficile
Dimensions (height x width): 37mm x 36mm
Heraldic Charges: castle, Heraldic Charges: wreath