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