Young England movement

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The Young England movement was a mid-19th-century British Tory political group, associated with figures like Benjamin Disraeli, that promoted a romantic, paternalistic conservatism emphasizing aristocratic leadership and social reform.

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Young England movement canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative movement
political movement
associatedWith Alexander Baillie-Cochrane
Benjamin Disraeli
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
George Smythe
Henry Hope
Lord John Manners
William Ewart Gladstone
surface form: William Gladstone
country United Kingdom
dissolved late 1840s
emphasis Christian social principles
aristocratic leadership
critique of industrial capitalism
defence of the Church of England
national unity across classes
paternalistic duty of the aristocracy
revival of feudal-style social bonds
social reform
goal preserve the established church
promote social legislation to alleviate poverty
reconcile aristocracy and working classes
revive traditional institutions
strengthen the moral role of the landed elite
hasCharacteristic elite, socially reformist conservatism
more influential in ideas than in electoral strength
nostalgic view of pre-industrial England
hasPart small group of young aristocratic Tory MPs
historicalContext Victorian era
early phase of modern British conservatism
ideology Tory
surface form: Toryism

paternalistic conservatism
romantic conservatism
inception early 1840s
inspiredBy Anglo-Catholicism
surface form: High Church Anglicanism

medievalism
romantic literature
literaryExpressionBy Benjamin Disraeli
notableWork Coningsby, or The New Generation
surface form: Coningsby; or, The New Generation

Sybil, or The Two Nations
surface form: Sybil; or, The Two Nations

Tancred, or The New Crusade
surface form: Tancred; or, The New Crusade
opposedTo Manchester School of economics
surface form: Manchester School economics

laissez-faire liberalism
radical democracy
utilitarianism
parliamentaryFactionOf Conservative Party (UK)
peakActivity mid-1840s
politicalPosition right-wing
significantEvent activity in the 1841–1847 Parliament

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Sybil, or The Two Nations politicalContext Young England movement
Coningsby, or The New Generation literaryMovement Young England movement
Tancred, or The New Crusade literaryMovement Young England movement