Whiggism

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Whiggism is a historical British political ideology that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and civil liberties, forming the foundation of the Whig party and later liberal thought in the United Kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political tradition ⓘ
historical ideology ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
associatedWith British Liberalism ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
corePrinciple civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
limited government ⓘ
opposition to absolute monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
protection of property rights ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
declinedAsDistinctTraditionBy late 19th century ⓘ
developedInContextOf Glorious Revolution ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Charles James Fox ⓘ
Edmund Burke ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Lord John Russell ⓘ
Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
influenced American Whig Party ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party

British liberalism ⓘ
United States constitutional thought ⓘ
classical liberalism ⓘ
liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
intellectualFoundation natural rights theory ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
opposedTo Toryism ⓘ
absolutism ⓘ
divine right of kings ⓘ
originatedInContextOf English Civil War ⓘ
Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
relatedConcept Reform Acts in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Reform Acts

Whig interpretation of history ⓘ
parliamentary reform ⓘ
supportsConcept constitutional checks and balances ⓘ
religious dissenters' rights ⓘ
representative government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
supportsInstitution House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
viewOfHistory progressive view of history ⓘ
teleological view of constitutional development ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Vernon → politicalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Irish Whig → politicalAlignment → Whig tradition ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Irish Whig → influencedBy → British Whig ideology ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn → politicalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Thomas Tickell → politicalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Brooks's → politicalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
subject linked to: Brooks's (gentlemen's club)
linked to: Whiggism
Chiswick House → associatedWith → Whig aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Burton Pynsent, Somerset → politicalAssociation → British Whig politics ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Dukes of Grafton family → traditionalPoliticalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Dukes of Richmond → politicalInfluence → Whig politics (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Temple family → politicalInfluence → Whig politics ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Charles Wills → movement → Whiggism ⓘ
Zachary Macaulay → politicalAlignment → British Whig tradition ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Anne Grenville, Baroness Grenville → associatedWith → Whig politics ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Richard Grenville → politicalAlignment → British Whig tradition ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Thomas Whately → politicalAlignment → British Whig tradition ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Rockingham Whigs → ideology → Whiggism ⓘ
Edinburgh Review circle → ideology → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Gilbert Burnet → movement → Whiggism ⓘ
Whig Junto → ideology → Whig ideology ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Churchill-Godolphin political alliance → usedPatronageNetwork → Whig aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Grafton family → politicalInfluence → Whig politics (18th century) ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family → influenced → Whig politics ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Richard Fitzpatrick → hasInfluenced → Whig political culture ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
Earl of Buckinghamshire → traditionalPoliticalInfluence → Whig politics ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
John Somers → ideology → Whiggism ⓘ
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham → movement → Whiggism ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Sir John Trenchard → ideology → Whiggism ⓘ
Court–Country debate → influenced → Whig political theory ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism