Foxite Whigs

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The Foxite Whigs were a late 18th-century British political faction led by Charles James Fox, known for their advocacy of parliamentary reform, civil liberties, and opposition to royal influence and government authoritarianism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Whig faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeIn House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
associatedWith Portland Whigs ⓘ
Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
favored broader parliamentary representation ⓘ
reform of rotten boroughs ⓘ
followedBy early 19th-century reform Whigs ⓘ
hasNotableMember Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ⓘ
Charles James Fox ⓘ
Francis Burdett ⓘ
George Tierney ⓘ
Henry Grattan ⓘ
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale ⓘ
Richard Brinsley Sheridan ⓘ
Richard FitzPatrick ⓘ
Samuel Whitbread ⓘ
Thomas Erskine ⓘ
hasPart Westminster reformers ⓘ
historicalContext French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
aftermath of the American War of Independence ⓘ
historicalPeriod Georgian era ⓘ
ideology civil liberties ⓘ
opposition to government authoritarianism ⓘ
opposition to royal influence ⓘ
parliamentary reform ⓘ
leader Charles James Fox ⓘ
namedAfter Charles James Fox ⓘ
opposedTo King George III's personal influence ⓘ
Pittite Tories ⓘ
linked to: High Tories

William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
repressive legislation during the 1790s ⓘ
restrictions on public meetings ⓘ
suspension of habeas corpus ⓘ
parliamentaryGroupIn Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
partOf Whig Party (Great Britain) ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
politicalAlignment liberal Whiggism ⓘ
position opposition faction ⓘ
precededBy Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
startTime late 18th century ⓘ
supported American colonists in the American War of Independence ⓘ
abolitionist causes ⓘ
limitation of executive power ⓘ
negotiated peace with revolutionary France ⓘ
reduction of crown patronage ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ

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Rockingham Whig → influenced → Foxite Whigs ⓘ
British Whig political thought → associatedWith → British Whig Party ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Life of Charles James Fox → workSubject → British Whig Party ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Delaval family → politicalAffiliation → British Whig Party ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Edward Russell → parliamentaryFaction → Court Whigs ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Elizabeth Armistead → politicalAlignment → Whig circle (through association with Charles James Fox) ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Rockingham Whigs → succeededBy → Foxite Whigs ⓘ
Portland Whigs → politicalAlignment → conservative Whig ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Portland Whigs → opposedTo → Foxite Whigs ⓘ
Richard Fitzpatrick → politicalAlignment → Foxite Whig ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Richard Fitzpatrick → partOf → Foxite Whig circle ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Robert West → associatedWith → Whig opposition leaders ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford → politicalAlignment → Foxite Whig ⓘ
linked to: Foxite Whigs