Protectionist Conservatives

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Protectionist Conservatives were a faction of the British Conservative Party in the mid-19th century who strongly defended agricultural tariffs and traditional economic policies against moves toward free trade.

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Protectionist Conservatives canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Conservative Party faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1840s ⓘ
1850s ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Tory protectionism ⓘ
agrarian conservatism ⓘ
basedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
coreBelief maintenance of agricultural protection ⓘ
preservation of traditional rural society ⓘ
skepticism toward industrial free trade ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
declinedAfter entrenchment of free trade in late 19th century ⓘ
emergedAfter Conservative Party split of 1846 ⓘ
repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
favored tariffs on imported grain ⓘ
hadGoal preserve political power of landowning classes ⓘ
resist liberal economic reforms ⓘ
historicalContext Industrial Revolution in Britain ⓘ
debates over the Corn Laws ⓘ
ideology economic conservatism ⓘ
protectionism ⓘ
influencedBy interests of landowners ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableMember Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ⓘ
Lord George Bentinck ⓘ
opposed unilateral tariff reductions ⓘ
opposedPolicyOf Sir Robert Peel ⓘ
linked to: Robert Peel
opposedTo Peelite Conservatives ⓘ
free-trade Conservatives ⓘ
partOf British Conservative Party ⓘ
politicalOrientation right-wing ⓘ
politicalSystem parliamentary democracy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionOn defence of the Corn Laws ⓘ
opposition to free trade ⓘ
support for agricultural tariffs ⓘ
regionOfInfluence England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
represented rural constituencies ⓘ
soughtTo maintain high grain prices through tariffs ⓘ
protect domestic farmers from foreign competition ⓘ
supportedBy agricultural interests ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ
typeOfProtectionism agricultural protectionism ⓘ

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Peelite → opposedGroup → Protectionist Conservatives ⓘ