The town of Beaconsfield, with a population
of about 11,000, is situated about 30 miles northwest of London. It was an
urban district until 1974, when it merged with parts of the rural district of
Eton (including the village of Gerrards Cross) to form the local government
district of Beaconsfield in the county of Buckinghamshire.
In 1980, the district was renamed South Bucks.
Beaconsfield was the home constituency of Benjamin Disraeli, who served twice as British Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria and, so far, is only person of Jewish descent to do so (although he was was baptized in the Anglican Church at an early age). In 1876, he was raised to peerage, taking the title Earl of Beaconsfield.
Jewish Community
The following congregations existed in what is now the
district of South Bucks:
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