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.

Cavendish → politicalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Cavendish family

Coke family → politicalAffiliation → Whig Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whig Party (historically)

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → politicalAlignment → Whig Party ⓘ