Whig Supremacy

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Whig Supremacy was a period in early 18th-century British history when the Whig Party dominated politics and government, shaping constitutional monarchy and parliamentary power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
characteristic development of cabinet government
dominance of Whig ministers in government
growth of the office of prime minister
marginalization of Tory Party
stability of Hanoverian succession
strengthening of parliamentary power over the Crown
use of patronage to control Parliament
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dominantParty Whig Party
endTime 1760
followedBy Reassertion of royal influence under George III
follows Rivalry of Whigs and Tories under Queen Anne
governmentType parliamentary government
hasCause Act of Settlement 1701
surface form: Hanoverian succession of 1714

distrust of Tory Jacobite sympathies
hasEffect entrenchment of Whig oligarchy
exclusion of many Tories from office
expansion of fiscal-military state in Britain
ideology British Whig political thought
surface form: Whig constitutionalism

parliamentary supremacy
pro-Hanoverian
pro-commercial interests
influenced development of British constitutional monarchy
doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty
evolution of the British party system
keyFigure Charles Townshend
surface form: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Henry Pelham
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
surface form: John Carteret, Earl Granville

Robert Walpole
Duke of Newcastle
surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
surface form: William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
locatedIn Great Britain
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Tory Party
partOf long 18th century in British history
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy
significantEvent Excise Crisis of 1733
Jacobite rising of 1715
surface form: Jacobite Rising of 1715

Jacobite rising of 1745
surface form: Jacobite Rising of 1745

Robert Walpole
surface form: Walpole ministry

War of Jenkins' Ear
surface form: War of Jenkins’ Ear

War of the Austrian Succession
significantMonarch George I of Great Britain
surface form: George I

George II of Great Britain
surface form: George II
significantPrimeMinister Henry Pelham
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
surface form: John Carteret, Earl Granville

Robert Walpole
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
Duke of Newcastle
surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle
startTime 1714

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Whig Party inPowerDuring Whig Supremacy
Charles Montagu associatedWith Whig Supremacy
subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Whig Junto
Coronation of George I associatedWith Whig Supremacy
this entity surface form: Whig ascendancy in British politics
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope movement Whig Supremacy
this entity surface form: Whig supremacy in early Georgian Britain
Chandos family influencedBy Whig Supremacy
this entity surface form: Whig–Tory rivalry in 18th-century Britain