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Charles James Fox and Viscount Howick, as unofficial leaders of the party in the House of Commons from 1801 to 1807, led the largest of the anti-Pittite Whig groups. They were the successive government leaders of the House of Commons during the Ministry of All the Talents.
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.
Pages in category "Whig (British political party) politicians" ... List of United Kingdom Whig and allied party leaders, 1801–1859; M. Henry Maxwell (1669–1730)
The first great leader of the Whigs was Robert Walpole, who maintained control of the government from 1721 to 1742, and whose protégé, Henry Pelham, led the government from 1743 to 1754. Great Britain approximated a one-party state under the Whigs until King George III came to the throne in 1760 and allowed Tories back in. But the Whig Party ...
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for the Whig party. It should be noted that in the 18th century, party lines were less rigid than they are nowadays, and the Whigs consisted of a variety of allied factions, which had their own leaders and did not always stick together.
Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...
Leader Earl Grey: Duke of Wellington: Daniel O'Connell: Party Whig: Tory: Irish Repeal: Leader since 22 November 1830 22 January 1828 1830 Leader's seat House of Lords: House of Lords: Dublin City: Seats before 370 seats, 63.3% 235 seats, 36.7% Did not contest: Seats won 441 [a] 175 [c] 42 [d] Seat change 71 60 42 Popular vote 554,719 [b ...
The first wholly Whig government since 1783 came to power after the Duke of Wellington's Tory government lost a vote of no confidence on 15 November 1830. The government, led by the Earl Grey, passed the Great Reform Act in 1832, which brought about parliamentary reform, and enacted the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, bringing about the abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire.