Whigs (British political faction)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Whigs_(British_political_faction)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod	late 17th century to mid-19th century
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:nobleman landed gentry urban merchants
gptkbp:color	blue
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:dissolved	1850s
gptkbp:founded	circa 1678
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Whigs (British political faction)
gptkbp:ideology	liberalism constitutional monarchism parliamentary supremacy
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK) Liberalism in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:nameOrigin	'Whiggamore', a term for Scottish cattle drivers
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen gptkb:John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell gptkb:Earl_Grey gptkb:George_Grenville gptkb:Lord_John_Russell gptkb:Spencer_Perceval gptkb:William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire gptkb:Lord_Melbourne gptkb:William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne gptkb:William_Wyndham_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville gptkb:William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne gptkb:Charles_Watson-Wentworth,_2nd_Marquess_of_Rockingham gptkb:William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_3rd_Duke_of_Portland Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby George Canning Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Frederick Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Charles_James_Fox gptkb:Earl_Grey gptkb:Lord_John_Russell gptkb:William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire gptkb:Charles_Watson-Wentworth,_2nd_Marquess_of_Rockingham
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Jacobitism gptkb:Tories_(British_political_faction) absolute monarchy
gptkbp:parliamentary_representation	gptkb:House_of_Lords gptkb:House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:political_position	centre-left
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Country_Party
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Glorious_Revolution gptkb:Hanoverian_succession gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tories_(British_political_faction)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7