Montagu Corry Quotes
The British Government
In 1875 Benjamin Disraeli had an opportunity to purchase the Suez Canal for Great Britain from the Khedive of Egypt who was in great need of cash. However, Disraeli had to act very fast and there was no way to quickly move an appropriation of the then very large sum of 4 million pounds through Parliament. So he sent Corry to ask Lionel Rothchild, the British financier, for a loan until the government might raise the money. Rothchild asked, what would be the security for such a large loan. Rothchild immediately gave the loan.
Montagu Corry, *, [Lord Rowton], *, Response to Lionel Rothchild, December 1875
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In a sense, the European Parliament, was what Adler wanted for the democratic nations of the world.
Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton, KCVO, CB, PC, DL, also known as "Monty", was a British philanthropist and public servant, best known for serving as Benjamin Disraeli's private secretary from 1866 until the latter's death in 1881.
