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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Whig Party canonical 123
Whig 44
Whig Party (UK) 7

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 (196)

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Robert Walpole → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) → precededBy → Whig Party ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) → formedFrom → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whigs
William Pitt the Elder → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ
Horace Walpole → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ
Spencer-Churchill family → historicallyAssociatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ
Whig interpretation of history → associatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig Party (United Kingdom)
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Earl of Orford → historicallyAssociatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → movement → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
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
Thomas Pitt (grandfather, Governor of Madras) → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pitt
this entity surface form: Whig
Reform Act 1832 → politicalPartyOfGovernment → Whig Party ⓘ
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ
Whig Party → namedAfter → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Whig Party
Tory → opposedTo → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Earl of Chatham → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder
this entity surface form: Whig
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham → spousePoliticalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Cavendish family → politicalInfluence → Whig Party ⓘ
Charles Townshend → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
The Duke of Grafton → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Earl Russell (John Russell) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
this entity surface form: Whig Party (UK)
Edmund Burke → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ
Josiah Wedgwood II → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough → associatedWith → Whig Party ⓘ
Charles Montagu → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation) → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Henry Brougham → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
Walpole family → parliamentaryFaction → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Sir Robert Walpole
Walpole family → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Sidney → laterPoliticalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
this entity surface form: Whig
Henry Pelham → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Henry Pelham → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Sir George Treby → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Pitt family → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Anne Liddell → spousePoliticalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ
Rockingham Whig → partOf → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Whig Party
Rockingham Whig → factionOf → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Whig Party
Duke of Newcastle → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Cavendish → politicalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Cavendish family
Sir George Cornewall Lewis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whig
Lord Dalhousie → memberOf → Whig Party ⓘ
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → memberOfPoliticalParty → Whig Party ⓘ
Sir Thomas Frankland → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Whig Party