Whig Supremacy

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Whig Supremacy was a period in early 18th-century British history when the Whig Party dominated politics and government, shaping constitutional monarchy and parliamentary power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
characteristic development of cabinet government ⓘ
dominance of Whig ministers in government ⓘ
growth of the office of prime minister ⓘ
marginalization of Tory Party ⓘ
stability of Hanoverian succession ⓘ
strengthening of parliamentary power over the Crown ⓘ
use of patronage to control Parliament ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dominantParty Whig Party ⓘ
endTime 1760 ⓘ
followedBy Reassertion of royal influence under George III ⓘ
follows Rivalry of Whigs and Tories under Queen Anne ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary government ⓘ
hasCause Hanoverian succession of 1714 ⓘ
distrust of Tory Jacobite sympathies ⓘ
hasEffect entrenchment of Whig oligarchy ⓘ
exclusion of many Tories from office ⓘ
expansion of fiscal-military state in Britain ⓘ
ideology Whig constitutionalism ⓘ
parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
pro-Hanoverian ⓘ
pro-commercial interests ⓘ
influenced development of British constitutional monarchy ⓘ
doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
evolution of the British party system ⓘ
keyFigure Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ⓘ
linked to: Charles Townshend

Henry Pelham ⓘ
John Carteret, Earl Granville ⓘ
Robert Walpole ⓘ
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Newcastle

William Pulteney, Earl of Bath ⓘ
locatedIn Great Britain ⓘ
oppositionParty Tory Party ⓘ
partOf long 18th century in British history ⓘ
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
significantEvent Excise Crisis of 1733 ⓘ
Jacobite Rising of 1715 ⓘ
Jacobite Rising of 1745 ⓘ
Walpole ministry ⓘ
linked to: Robert Walpole

War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear

War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
significantMonarch George I ⓘ
George II ⓘ
significantPrimeMinister Henry Pelham ⓘ
John Carteret, Earl Granville ⓘ
Robert Walpole ⓘ
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Newcastle
startTime 1714 ⓘ

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Whig Party → inPowerDuring → Whig Supremacy ⓘ
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax → associatedWith → Whig Junto ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles Montagu
linked to: Whig Supremacy
Coronation of George I → associatedWith → Whig ascendancy in British politics ⓘ
linked to: Whig Supremacy
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → movement → Whig supremacy in early Georgian Britain ⓘ
linked to: Whig Supremacy
Chandos family → influencedBy → Whig–Tory rivalry in 18th-century Britain ⓘ
linked to: Whig Supremacy
British government of the Duke of Newcastle → partOf → Whig supremacy in 18th-century British politics ⓘ
linked to: Whig Supremacy
Earl of Chichester → historicallyInfluentialIn → Whig government ⓘ
linked to: Whig Supremacy
Walpole ministry → partOf → Whig Supremacy ⓘ
The Craftsman → criticized → Whig government ⓘ
linked to: Whig Supremacy