Disraeli buys Suez Canal shares, 1875

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• Tragedy and Hope pp. 123-125 · open book

  Disraeli's purchase, with Rothschild money, of 176,602 shares of Suez Canal stock for £3,680,000 from the Khedive of Egypt in 1875 was motivated by concern for the British communications with India

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