English Whigs

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The English Whigs were a political faction in late 17th- and 18th-century Britain that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and Protestant succession, playing a central role in shaping modern British liberal politics.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
English Whigs canonical 2
Whiggism 2
British Whigs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political faction
political party
activeInPeriod 18th century
late 17th century
baseOfSupport commercial interests
landed aristocracy
urban elites
color blue
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
favoredPolicy expansion of parliamentary power
limitation of royal prerogative
support for commercial and financial interests
historicalSignificance central role in development of constitutional monarchy in Britain
major influence on modern liberal political thought in Britain
ideology Protestant succession
classical liberalism
constitutionalism
liberalism
parliamentary supremacy
influenced Whig Party
surface form: American Whigs

Liberal Party (UK)
surface form: British Liberal Party

United States Founding Fathers
modern British liberalism
influencedBy Algernon Sidney
John Locke
mergedInto Liberal Party (UK)
notableLeader Charles James Fox
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
surface form: Lord Rockingham

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
surface form: Lord Shaftesbury

Lord Somers
Robert Walpole
opposedDynasty House of Stuart
opposedFormOfGovernment absolute monarchy
opposedIdeology absolutism
divine right of kings
parliamentaryRole government party
opposition party
positionOnFrenchRevolution divided
religiousOrientation Protestant
supportedDocument English Bill of Rights
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689
supportedDynasty House of Hanover
supportedEvent Glorious Revolution
supportedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy
supportedPrinciple civil liberties
limited monarchy
parliamentary sovereignty
religious toleration for Protestants
rule of law

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Referenced by (6)

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

Glorious Revolution involved English Whigs
Rockingham Whig ideology English Whigs
this entity surface form: Whiggism
Duke of Newcastle ideology English Whigs
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
this entity surface form: Whiggism
Bloodless Revolution participant English Whigs
Lady Grace Holles politicalAlignment English Whigs
this entity surface form: Whig (by family and social connections)
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland affiliation English Whigs
this entity surface form: British Whigs