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Whigs
The history of the Whigs in British politics is long and varied, starting with their emergence as a political faction in 1678. The term itself was first used in British politics during the 1678-1681 Exclusion Bill crises, where a strong party came forward to dispute the crowning of Roman Catholic king, James II. Although often separated into many different group affiliations such as Bedfordites, Rockingham Whigs, and Chathamites, named after their various leaders, the Whigs were united by their representative colours of orange, blue and buff and their key policies. These included a firm opposition to absolute rule, particularly by a Roman Catholic (which they saw as a threat to religious freedom and civil liberties and a threat to protectionist foreign trade laws). As their popularity rose and fell with the changing royal powers, the Whigs evolved to suit the times, using some of their strongest leaders, such as Robert Walpole, to maintain their particular breed of anti-Tory political control. It was, however, one of their most well known off-shoots, the Junto Whigs, whose radical views led to a split, and an eventual merge of the Junto Whigs with the Conservative party in the 1680s. The reign of George I saw Whig supremacy in parliament, as the Tory Jacobites were expelled from parliament. George III's accession saw a joining of disputed factions to form the 'Old' and 'New' Whigs, under Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and Lord Chatham respectively. Opposition to Prime Minister William Pitt lost the Whigs seats during the 1790s, but they had a lasting impact in the implementation of parliamentary reform acts regarding slavery and the Poor Laws in the 1830s. The Whigs were formally merged into a new coalition liberal party with the Peelites in 1859, and their final dissolution came in 1868.
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
1780-1863Whig politician; Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord President of the Council; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 77 portraits
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles
1798-1851Politician; MP for Wakefield and Knaresborough
Sitter in 1 portrait
Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
1795-1854Postmaster General and politician; MP for Great Yarmouth
Sitter in 4 portraits
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
1709-1773Scholar and Whig politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sitter in 7 portraits
William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton
1782-1837Politician; MP for Worcestershire
Sitter in 1 portrait
Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden
1800-1873Politician; MP for Tralee and Northampton
Sitter in 1 portrait
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
1800-1859Historian, poet and politician; MP for Calne, Leeds and Edinburgh; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 26 portraits
Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne
baptised 1751-1818Political hostess and agricultural improver
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir William Mordaunt Milner, 3rd Bt
1754-1811Mayor of York and politician; MP for York
Sitter in 1 portrait
Writer and politician; MP for Portarlington, Winchelsea, Midhurst and North Staffordshire
Sitter in 1 portrait
Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark
1805-1850Poet and politician: MP for East Retford
Sitter in 1 portrait
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
1746-1815Politician; MP for Carlise and Arundel
Sitter associated with 55 portraits
Politician; MP for St Germans, Great Grimsby, Banbury Richmond and Haddington Burghs
Sitter in 2 portraits