This is a list of the Leaders of the

British Whig Party The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. ...

. It begins in 1830 as, in the words of J C Sainty, 'it would be misleading to convey the impression that there was in any precise sense a Leader of the Whig Party in the House of Lords before 1830'.J. C. Sainty (1964), ''Leaders and Whips in the House of Lords, 1783–1964'' House of Lords Record Office p. 10 Also, Cook & Stevenson, ''British Historical Facts 1760–1830'' have no section for party leaders in either House of Parliament. The section on 'Overall Leaders' gives details of those who were either the Prime Minister or a former Prime Minister who was still in Parliament and leading the Whig Party in the House in which he sat.

Overall Leaders of the Whig Party, 1830–1859

Leaders of the Whig Party in the House of Commons, 1830–1859

Leaders of the Whig Party in the House of Lords, 1830–1859

Notes and references

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