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Aug 2, 1791 |
Edmund Burke, An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs and a split within the Whig party on the question of reform. |
*Whig Party |
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Apr 11, 1792 |
Radical Whigs declare themselves "The Society of the Friends of the People." |
*Whig Party |
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Dec 22, 1792 |
Whigs form a group, "Friends of the Liberty of the Press," for the purpose of defending free speech against the attack of the Reevites and other Loyalist Associations. |
*Whig Party |
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Dec 20, 1795 |
In a speech to the Whig Club, Thomas Erskine says they must do everything possible to repeal the Two Bills: every friend of freedom, he said, is "a species of watchman on the outworks of the British Constitution." |
*The Two Bills
*Whig Party |
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1830 |
Wellington government fails. Grey becomes Prime Minister; Whig government. |
*Whig Party |
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June 14, 1831 |
Newly elected pro-reform, predominantly Whig House of Commons. |
*Whig Party |
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June 24, 1831 |
Whigs introduce Reform Bill into new Parliament. |
*Whig Party |
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