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The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

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Benjamin Disraeli
Age: 76 †
Born: 1804
Born: December 21
Died: 1881
Died: April 19
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Former Leader Of The House Of Commons
Novelist
Politician
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London
England
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