Rockingham Whigs

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The Rockingham Whigs were an 18th-century British political faction led by the Marquess of Rockingham, known for their opposition to royal influence over Parliament and their advocacy of constitutional limits on monarchical power.

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Label Occurrences
Rockingham Whigs canonical 8
Opposition Whigs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political faction ⓘ
Whig faction ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
associatedThinker Edmund Burke ⓘ
associatedWith House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
associatedWithDocument Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ⓘ
cameToPower 1765 ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
declinePeriod late 18th century ⓘ
formedGovernmentUnder Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
formedMinistry Rockingham ministry (1765–1766) ⓘ
Rockingham ministry (1782) ⓘ
historicalContext American War of Independence ⓘ
reign of George III ⓘ
ideology Whiggism ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
influenced development of British party politics ⓘ
leader Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
notableMember Charles James Fox ⓘ
Edmund Burke ⓘ
Henry Seymour Conway ⓘ
John Cavendish ⓘ
William Dowdeswell ⓘ
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam ⓘ
opposed King George III's use of patronage ⓘ
North ministry ⓘ
court party ⓘ
expansion of monarchical power ⓘ
royal influence over Parliament ⓘ
partOf British Whig Party ⓘ
politicalAlignment aristocratic Whigs ⓘ
politicalPosition pro-parliamentary reform (limited) ⓘ
position opposition faction ⓘ
positionOnAmericanColonies sympathetic to American grievances ⓘ
socialBase independent country gentlemen ⓘ
landed aristocracy ⓘ
succeededBy Foxite Whigs ⓘ
supported economical reform ⓘ
limits on monarchical power ⓘ
supremacy of Parliament ⓘ
supportedPolicy greater independence of Parliament ⓘ
reduction of Crown patronage ⓘ
repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
supportedPrinciple limitation of executive power ⓘ
ministerial responsibility to Parliament ⓘ

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Foxite Whigs → associatedWith → Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
Foxite Whigs → precededBy → Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath → parliamentaryGroup → Opposition Whigs ⓘ
linked to: Rockingham Whigs
William Dowdeswell → memberOf → Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
William Dowdeswell → parliamentaryFaction → Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → politicalFaction → Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
subject linked to: Rockingham family