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121Tory — Originally applied to presbyterians in Scots Gaelic. Then to a papist outlaw in Ireland who supported the hereditary right to the Crown of James despite his Catholic faith. After 1688 it was identified with those supporters of the interests of… …
122Tory — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 colloq. = CONSERVATIVE n. 2. 2 hist. a member of the party that opposed the exclusion of James II and later supported the established religious and political order and gave rise to the Conservative party (opp. WHIG). 3 US …
123-tory — tory1 a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, orig. adjectival derivatives of agent nouns ending in tor (predatory); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs (obligatory; transitory). [ < L torius, equiv. to tor TOR + ius… …
124Tory Democracy — noun Date: 1867 a political philosophy advocating preservation of established institutions and traditional principles combined with political democracy and a social and economic program designed to benefit the common man …
125Tory Government 1828-1830 — The Duke of Wellington finally came to power after the abortive attempt at a Canningite Whig coalition government came to an end with Lord Goderich s resignation in January 1828. The government included several men from the previous… …
126Tory Party — ➡ Conservative Party * * * …
127Tory Government 1834–1835 — Sir Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel s first government succeeded the caretaker ministry of the Duke of Wellington. Peel was also Chancellor of the Exchequer while the Duke of Wellington served as Foreign Secretary. A young William Ewart Gladstone… …
128Tory Provisional Government 1834 — King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November 1834 and asked Sir Robert Peel to form a government. Peel was in Italy at the time, so the Duke of Wellington formed a caretaker government which lasted until Peel …
