Portland Whigs
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The Portland Whigs were a late 18th-century British political faction aligned with the Duke of Portland, representing a conservative wing of the Whig party that often cooperated with William Pitt the Younger’s government.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British political faction
ⓘ
Whig faction ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| alignedWith | William Pitt the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duke of Portland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baseOfSupport |
aristocratic families
ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith | Pittite government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| declineReason | realignment of British party politics in early 19th century ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | split within the Whig Party ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Georgian era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | illustrated fragmentation of the Whig Party over the French Revolution ⓘ |
| ideology | conservative Whiggism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | aristocratic patronage system ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leader | William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | broader pro-Pitt coalition ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Duke of Portland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Earl Fitzwilliam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Canning (early career association) ⓘ Lord Loughborough NERFINISHED ⓘ William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedLeader | Charles James Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedReform | radical democratic reform ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Foxite Whigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryActivity | supported Pitt ministry in Parliament ⓘ |
| participatedIn | British politics during French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| partOf | Whig Party (Britain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative Whig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
containment of revolutionary ideas
ⓘ
defence of property and order ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-radical
ⓘ
pro-government Whig faction ⓘ |
| positionOnFrenchRevolution | hostile to French Revolution ⓘ |
| region | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedGovernment |
Pitt ministry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portland ministry (1783) in earlier Whig context NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedInstitution |
Church of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
landed aristocracy ⓘ |
| supportedMonarchy | British constitutional monarchy GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportedPolicy | war against Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| supportedReform | limited parliamentary reform ⓘ |
| typeOfFaction | aristocratic Whig grouping ⓘ |
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