id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6186 Benjamin Disraeli - Wikipedia .html text/html 24337 2540 72 But until Jews Relief Act 1858, MPs were required to take the oath of allegiance "on the true faith of a Christian", necessitating at least nominal conversion.[20] It is not known whether Disraeli formed any ambition for a parliamentary career at the time of his baptism, but there is no doubt that he bitterly regretted his parents' decision not to send him to Winchester College.[21] As one of the great public schools of England, Winchester consistently provided recruits to the political elite.[22] His two younger brothers were sent there, and it is not clear why Isaac D'Israeli chose to send his eldest son to a much less prestigious school.[23] The boy evidently held his mother responsible for the decision; Bradford speculates that "Benjamin's delicate health and his obviously Jewish appearance may have had something to do with it."[21] The school chosen for him was run by Eliezer Cogan at Higham Hill in Walthamstow. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6186.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6186.txt