Whig and Tory — ▪ historical British political party members of two opposing political parties or factions in England, particularly during the 18th century. Originally “Whig” and “Tory” were terms of abuse introduced in 1679 during the heated struggle over … Universalium
List of United Kingdom Whig and allied party leaders 1801-1859 — During the nineteenth century the Whigs, Radicals and Peelites gradually evolved into the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party was formally eatablished in 1859 and continued to exist until it merged with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to create… … Wikipedia
Whig (British political party) — Whigs Founded 1678 Dissolved 1868 Preceded by Count … Wikipedia
Whig (British political faction) — The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid 19th centuries. It is more accurate to describe the original two ideas as loose groupings, or… … Wikipedia
Whig Parliament — A Whig Parliament is any parliament in England with a majority of Whig members.Starting around 1660, during the time of the Cavalier Parliament, England s Whig and Tory parties developed, marking a clear distinction in views and beliefs. The… … Wikipedia
Tory — To ry, n.; pl. {Tories}. [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tory — [tôr′ē] n. pl. Tories [Ir tōruidhe, robber, pursuer < tōir, to pursue; akin to Gael tōir, pursuit] 1. [sometimes t ] a) in the 17th cent., any of the dispossessed Irish who became outlaws, killed English settlers and soldiers, and lived by… … English World dictionary
Whig — Die Whigs waren von der Mitte des 17. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts eine der beiden Parteien des britischen Parlamentarismus. Ihr Gegenspieler waren die konservativen Tories. 1895 schlossen sich die Whigs mit gemäßigten Tories zur Liberal… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Prime ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom — ▪ Table Prime ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom* party** term Robert Walpole (Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford) (from 1725, Sir Robert Walpole; from 1742, earl of Orford) Whig 1721–42 Spencer Compton (Wilmington, Spencer… … Universalium
Whig — Whig, n. [Said to be from whiggam, a term used in Scotland in driving horses, whiggamore one who drives horses (a term applied to some western Scotchmen), contracted to whig. In 1648, a party of these people marched to Edinburgh to oppose the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English