Whig Junto

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The Whig Junto was a powerful group of late 17th- and early 18th-century English Whig politicians who dominated government and shaped policy under monarchs such as William III and Queen Anne.

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Label Occurrences
Whig Junto canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Whig faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
political group ⓘ
activeIn English politics ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedIn early 18th century ⓘ
endTime early 18th century ⓘ
field government ⓘ
parliamentary politics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Junto Whigs ⓘ
Whig junto ministry ⓘ
hasEffect consolidation of Whig dominance in early 18th century politics ⓘ
strengthening of parliamentary government in England ⓘ
hasMember Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ
linked to: 1st Earl of Halifax

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury ⓘ
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford ⓘ
Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton ⓘ
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers ⓘ
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland ⓘ
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin ⓘ
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham ⓘ
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton ⓘ
hasPart Whig leadership in the House of Commons ⓘ
Whig leadership in the House of Lords ⓘ
ideology Whig ideology ⓘ
linked to: Whiggism
influenced English financial policy ⓘ
English foreign policy ⓘ
development of the Bank of England ⓘ
development of the national debt system in England ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableWork expansion of public credit system ⓘ
promotion of Triennial Act policies ⓘ
support for standing army during War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
opposedBy High Church Tories ⓘ
linked to: High Tories

Tories ⓘ
partOf Whig Party (England) ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld control of English ministry ⓘ
significantPeriod reign of George I of Great Britain ⓘ
reign of Queen Anne ⓘ
reign of William III of England ⓘ
startTime late 17th century ⓘ
supported Glorious Revolution settlement ⓘ
Hanoverian succession ⓘ
Protestant succession ⓘ
war against Louis XIV of France ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Lord Somers → associatedWith → Whig Junto ⓘ
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham → parliamentaryGroup → Whig Junto ⓘ
subject linked to: Richard Temple