British Whig Party
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"Whig Party" redirects here. For the party in the United States, see Whig Party (United States).
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| Founded | 1678 |
| Dissolved | 1868 |
| Preceded by | Country party |
| Succeeded by | Peelites |
| Ideology | Whiggism, Constitutional monarchism, Radicalism, Laissez-faire, Classical liberalism, Rule of law, Anti-Catholicism |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | orange; buff and blue |
The British Whig Party was an early British political party. Their rivals were the Tories, and the British prime minister was usually from one of the two parties.
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"Whig and Tory". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh). (1911). Cambridge University Press. - "Whig and Tory". New International Encyclopedia. (1905).
- Karl Marx on the Tories and the Whigs (1852)
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