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13 de nov. de 2023 · Whigs (British political party) The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. It was originally formed by opponents of absolute monarchy and the accession of James II to the throne, and after the Glorious Revolution became one of the two ...
Whig (British political party) The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule. Both parties began as loose groupings or ...
When the United Kingdom came into existence, on 1 January 1801, the era of disciplined mass parties had not yet begun. Although individuals and families regarded themselves as belonging to a Whig or Tory tradition, actual political allegiance tended to be to family connections and to factions grouped behind a prominent political leader.
Pages in category "Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Patriot Whigs. The Patriot Whigs, later the Patriot Party, were a group within the Whig Party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group was formed in opposition to the government of Robert Walpole in the House of Commons in 1725, when William Pulteney (later 1st Earl of Bath) and seventeen other Whigs joined with the Tory Party in attacks ...
Whigs (British political party), one of two political parties in England, Great Britain, Ireland, and later the United Kingdom, from the 17th to 19th centuries. Whiggism, the political philosophy of the British Whig party. Radical Whigs, a faction of British Whigs associated with the American Revolution. Patriot Whigs or Patriot Party, a Whig ...
The political parties contained in this module are split into alphabetised lists based on the first character of the name (for example, "Labour Party (UK)" would be under /L ). The /1 subpage is for any party that does not start with the western letters A-Z (including numbers and accented characters). Within each data submodule are two local ...
