Whigs
The Whigs were 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. The Whigs merged into the Liberal Party with the Peelites and Radicals in the 1850s.
Whigs People (First 49 people) - Page 1
Lewis Weston Dillwyn
Naturalist
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
Former Governor of Jamaica
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of . . .
British politician
Charles Watson‑Wentworth, 2nd Marquess . . .
British statesman
Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Former Lord President of the Council of the United Kingdom
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Former Lord Privy Seal of the United Kingdom
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
Former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Statesman
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
Poet
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham
Former Governor General of Canada
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
British statesman
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley
Former Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline
Former Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper
Former Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom
Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone
Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk
Former Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom
William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll
Scottish Politician
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
British Politician
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Richard Burke Jr.
Barrister
Horace Walpole
Writer
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
British Politician
William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Former Secretary at War
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham
British statesman
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
British statesman
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
Former Master of the Horse
Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
Politician
Charles James Fox
Former Leader of the House of Commons of United Kingdom
George Grenville
British statesman
