... position. lie was born a Whig; he belonged to the ranks of the popular party ; and lie filled his post With a distingnished grace. lie did his host to he it good, holnest, open.hearted Whiig, nc- cording to the fiashion of his timc-n Whig who, with aristocratic ...

... conciliatory manners, and distinguished ability, ir1 a Liberal in politics, but so free from the narrow pre- Du judices of the Whigs, that as Viceroy of Ireland he ?? the made himself and his office respected by all parties in da' that most difficult seat ...

... were fit fbr. Mr Tait's politics were professedly those of an independent Radical, swayed by a strong friendly feeling to the Whig party. BIRTHS.-On the sth inst., at 7 Oxford square, the wife of iI.M. Jack- son, Esq., of a ?? the 30tb ult., the Countess ...

... Fife- shire, being opposed by his relative, Lord Loughboroughl. During the few years he was in Parliament he supported the Whig party, and was favourable to a measure of Parliamentary reform similar on principle to Lord Russell's propositions. The family ...

... as a special pleader for some years, and in 1852 became a Queen's Counsel and Bencher. The same year he was returned in the Whig interest for Durham (city), in conjunction with Mr. Granger. In 1857 he was elected at the head of the poll, having for his ...

... the passing of the Reform Bill, and, as a tory, at that period voted against that measure, and uniformly voted against the whig party, It was not until the late Sir Robert Peel was called upon to take the helm of the government, ip 1841, that the Earl ...

... subsequently remarried to Lord Frederick Gordon Hallyburton. During the few years Mr Wemyss was in Parliament he supported the Whig party, was favourable to a measuro of Parliamentary reform similar on principle to Lord Russell's propositions. On national ...

... Scot smacn ann ounces the4 death of Mr. Wermyss, M.P., at his residence in London, on Monday q night. The Hon. Gentleman was a Whig, and represented 2 Fifeshire. i2 The Select Committee of the House of Commons, appintd t inuir ino crtan pwers of railway~ ...

... varied accomplishments, and took much pleasure in the cultivation of his literary tastes. As a politician he belonged to the Whig party, but never took any very active part in politics. He was a man of exceed. ingly amiable manners, and was held io high ...

... to the passing of the Reform Bill, and as a Tory at that period voted against that measure, and uniformly also against the Whig party ; but when the late Sir R. Peel was called upon to take the helm of the Govern- ment in 1841, Earl Jermyn joined the ...

... an active part in public affairs, both general and local, and was. associated with. the lead- ing men of his day, professing Whig principles, in the promotion of constitutional reforms. His political life was one of strict consistency, holding on its way ...

... succession which everybody else supposed to have been settled past dispute. In 1841 he went out of office, together with the whole whig administration. One of the imputations I on the outgoing ministry of Lord Melbourne was its illtreatment of Lord Plunket at ...