Whig Party

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historical political party political party

The Whig Party was a major British political party from the late 17th to the 19th century that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and commercial interests, and later evolved into the Liberal Party.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Whig	23
British Whig Party	5
Whigs	3
Whig Party (UK)	2
Whig Party (United Kingdom)	1
Whig Party (historically)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
associatedWith	Whig interpretation of history ⓘ aristocratic landowners ⓘ commercial bourgeoisie ⓘ nonconformist Protestants ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedIn	19th century ⓘ
evolvedInto	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
formedFrom	supporters of the Exclusion Bill ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
historicalPeriod	Georgian era ⓘ Stuart period ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ
ideology	classical liberalism ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ parliamentary supremacy ⓘ pro‑commercial interests ⓘ
influenced	19th‑century British reform movement ⓘ Liberal Party ideology ⓘ
inPowerDuring	Whig Supremacy ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mergedInto	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
notableMember	Charles James Fox ⓘ Duke of Devonshire ⓘ Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne ⓘ surface form: Duke of Newcastle Earl Grey ⓘ John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ⓘ surface form: Lord John Russell William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Lord Melbourne Lord Palmerston ⓘ Robert Walpole ⓘ William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
opposedTo	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Tory Party absolute monarchy ⓘ
originatedIn	late 17th century ⓘ
position	centre‑left (18th–19th century British politics) ⓘ
supported	Bank of England ⓘ Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ surface form: Glorious Revolution settlement commercial and financial interests ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ expansion of trade ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ religious toleration for Protestants ⓘ
supportedReform	Reform Act 1832 ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dukedom of Devonshire → associatedPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Reform Club, London → associatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig Party (UK)

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough → associatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ

Whig interpretation of history → associatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig Party (United Kingdom)

High Tories → contrastsWith → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whigs

Rockingham Whig → factionOf → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Whig Party

Liberal Party (UK) → formedFrom → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whigs

Earl of Orford → historicallyAssociatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ

Spencer-Churchill family → historicallyAssociatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ

Sidney → laterPoliticalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

this entity surface form: Whig

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ

Lord Dalhousie → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ

Robert Walpole → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ

Duke of Newcastle → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Charles Montagu → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

Charles Townshend → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Earl Grey → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Henry Pelham → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Earl Russell (John Russell) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

this entity surface form: Whig Party (UK)

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Josiah Wedgwood II → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Sir George Cornewall Lewis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → movement → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig

Whig Party → namedAfter → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Whig Party

Tory → opposedTo → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig

4th Earl of Manchester → parliamentaryFaction → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester

this entity surface form: Whig

Walpole family → parliamentaryFaction → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir Robert Walpole

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig

Edmund Burke → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

George Grenville → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

Henry Pelham → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig

Horace Walpole → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

The Duke of Grafton → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig

William Pitt the Elder → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ

Rockingham Whig → partOf → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Whig Party

Exclusion Crisis → participant → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whigs