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Tory Government
Conservative or Tory government may refer to: Canada In Canadian politics, a Conservative government may refer to the following governments administered by the Conservative Party of Canada or one of its historical predecessors: * 1st Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir John A. Macdonald (1867–1873) * 3rd Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir John A. Macdonald (1878–1891) * 4th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir John Abbott (1891–1892) * 5th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1892–1894) * 6th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir Mackenzie Bowell (1894–1896) * 7th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir Charles Tupper (1896) * 9th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir Robert Borden (1911–1917) * 10th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government under Sir Robert Borden (1917–1920) * 11th Canadian Ministry, the Canadian government un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party Of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC; , ), sometimes referred to as the Tories, is a Government of Canada, federal List of political parties in Canada, political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main Right-wing politics, right-leaning parties, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) and the Canadian Alliance, the latter being the successor of the Western Canada, Western Canadian–based Reform Party of Canada, Reform Party. The party sits at the Centre-right politics, centre-right to the Right-wing politics, right of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their federal rival, the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left Liberal Party of Canada, positioned to their left-wing politics, left. The Conservatives are defined as a "big tent" party, practicing "brokerage politics" and welcoming a broad variety of members, including "Red Tory, Red Tories" and "Blue Tory, Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tories (British Political Party)
The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of Parliament of England, England, Parliament of Scotland, Scotland, Parliament of Ireland, Ireland, Parliament of Great Britain, Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. They first emerged during the 1679 Exclusion Crisis, when they opposed Whigs (British political party), Whig efforts to exclude James II of England, James, Duke of York from the succession on the grounds of his Catholic Church, Catholicism. Despite their fervent opposition to state-sponsored Catholicism, Tories opposed his exclusion because of their belief that inheritance based on birth was the foundation of a stable society. After the succession of George I of Great Britain, George I in 1714, the Tories had no part in government and ceased to exist as an organised political entity in the early 1760s (although the term continued to be used in subsequent years as a term of self-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington–Peel Ministry
The Conservative government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1828 and ended in 1830 was led by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords and Robert Peel in the House of Commons. History Formation The Duke of Wellington finally came to power after the abortive attempt at a Canningite-Whig coalition government came to an end with Viscount Goderich's resignation in January 1828. The government included several men from the previous administration, but four of the most important, Lords Dudley and Palmerston and Messrs Huskisson and Grant, resigned in May 1828. Fate The Duke oversaw the introduction of Catholic Emancipation, but remained resolutely opposed to parliamentary reform, and as a result lost a vote of no confidence on 15 November 1830. The Whigs under Lord Grey then formed the government which was to pass the Great Reform Act The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Ministry
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool was invited by the Prince Regent to form a government on 8 June 1812. This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Lord Liverpool from 1812 to 1827. He was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by the Prince Regent after the assassination of Spencer Perceval. History Cabinet 1812–1827 *Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords *John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon – Lord Chancellor *Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby – Lord President of the Council * John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland – Lord Privy Seal * Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth – Secretary of State for the Home Department *Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (Lord Londonderry after 1821) – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons *Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst – Secretary of State for War and the Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perceval Ministry
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812. Cabinet : Changes * December 1809Lord Wellesley succeeds Lord Bathurst as Foreign Secretary. Bathurst continues at the Board of Trade. * May 1810Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Chatham as Master-General of the Ordnance. Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Mulgrave as First Lord of the Admiralty. * March 1812Lord Castlereagh succeeds Wellesley as Foreign Secretary. * April 1812 Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio. * May 1812Perceval is shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of .... List of ministers N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Portland Ministry
This is a list of members of the Tory government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland from 1807 to 1809. Members of the Cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filin ... are in bold face. References * Chris Cook and John Stevenson, ''British Historical Facts 1760–1830'' * Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, ''The Book of Dignities'' Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Portland 2 1807 establishments in the United Kingdom 1809 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1800s in the United Kingdom British ministries Ministries of George III Cabinets established in 1807 Cabinets disestablished in 1809 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Pitt Ministry
Former prime minister William Pitt the Younger reassumed the premiership of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1804, succeeding Henry Addington as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. This second ministry was cut short by Pitt's 1806 death. Cabinet Changes *January 1805 **Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Harrowby as Foreign Secretary. ** Lord Buckinghamshire (Lord Hobart before November 1804) succeeds Mulgrave at the Duchy of Lancaster. ** Lord Sidmouth succeeds the Duke of Portland as Lord President. Portland becomes a minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit .... *April 1805 Lord Barham succeeds Lord Melville as First Lord of the Admiralty. *July 1805 **Lord Harrowby succeeds Lord Buckinghamshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addington Ministry
Henry Addington, a member of the Tories, was appointed by King George III to lead the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1804 and served as an interlude between the Pitt ministries. Addington's ministry is most notable for negotiating the Treaty of Amiens, which marked a brief cessation of the Napoleonic Wars. Cabinet : Changes * May 1801 George Legge, Lord Lewisham (from July Earl of Dartmouth) enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Control. * July 1801The William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland succeeds John Pitt, Earl of Chatham as Lord President (Chatham remains Master of the Ordnance). Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham of Stanmer succeeds Portland as Home Secretary. * July 1802 Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh succeeds Dartmouth at the Board of Control. * August 1803Charles Philip Yorke Charles Philip Yorke (12 March 1764 – 13 March 1834) was a British politician. He notably served as Home Secretary f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Pitt Ministry
William Pitt the Younger led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801. In 1800, the Acts of Union between Great Britain and Ireland were accepted by their respective parliaments, creating the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK), which would be governed by the former Parliament of Great Britain (now the UK Parliament). Pitt governed this new state for the first month of its existence, until differences with King George III over Catholic emancipation caused him to resign. Cabinet Changes *March 1784The Duke of Rutland becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, remaining also Lord Privy Seal. *December 1784Lord Gower (Lord Stafford from 1786) succeeds Rutland as Lord Privy Seal (Rutland remains Viceroy of Ireland). Lord Camden succeeds Gower as Lord President. *November 1787 Lord Buckingham succeeds Rutland as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. *July 1788 Lord Chatham, Pitt's elder brother, succeeds Lord Howe as First Lord of the Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bute Ministry
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, served as Prime Minister of Great Britain during 1762–1763. He was the first Tory prime minister since the Harley ministry during 1710–1714 though his ministry was largely made up of Whigs. Bute resigned following fierce criticism of his signing of the Treaty of Paris with its perceived lenient terms for France and Spain despite Britain's successes in the Seven Years' War. The Bute ministry consisted largely of the same members as its successor, the Grenville ministry. George III favoured Bute, but could not keep him in government . Ministry See also * Great Britain in the Seven Years' War Great Britain was one of the major participants in the Seven Years' War, which for Britain in fact lasted nine years, between 1754 and 1763. British involvement in the conflict began in 1754 in what became known as the French and Indian War. H ... * Cider Bill of 1763 References * * * {{British ministries British minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
