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... Whigs IN REPLY to a, correspondent. Whigs was an oldtime political name and was given to the party opposed to the Tories. In the early days it meant a party in favour of gradual change towards some more democratic government. The name came into use in ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1950
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
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The Wyndham Family

... accession George I, the Whigs came into their own, and S.r William, a Tory, went over to the Jacobite camp In Somerset between the two factions led disturbances at Taunton on the evening of the coronation of George I. Hearing that the Whigs of Taunton intended ...

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... Taws and Grip-coos in mending so who enjoy good good sod wine in pitman war- rounding.. the Waal hospitality of The Inn Whigs.' And for the dieerint- insane people wining to ealoy • week - end. Canso CHATEAU provides IMPNEY luxurious •00a! modulo' and ...

Published: Saturday 27 May 1950
Newspaper: Tewkesbury Register
County: Gloucestershire, England
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WHYTE’S STRENGTH

... thceequarter line R A. M. Whyte couples strong running In attack with a sure defence, whilst J. C. P. Beloe has pace on the whig which may cause Bristol some anxiety Bristol have announced no changes for this game, but Clifton have had to make one alteration ...

Published: Saturday 04 February 1950
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
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GLOUCESTER DAY BY DAY

... Downs approach of the General Election brings to mind that 250 years ago in Gloucester at election times, supporters of the Whig Party made it their business to frequently toast their candidates with punch. This was a drink bitterly condemned in Tory pamphlets ...

Published: Wednesday 15 February 1950
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 776 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEST TOUR BY POST-CHAISE

... by Basil an intimate and d written record of a cult* I in-fhree phases of his h man about town theatre and the arts, a Ax \ Whig, opponent of the American colonists, and in religion. On a visit to the WestC post-chaise, he stayed Prince George Hotel. **f ...

Published: Monday 20 November 1950
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Liberals Looking for Another Prospective Candidate

... country. At a Mims vibes we might to be with the spied the Emmen ear bob the et the hes wend, eel metal esteem spied we we Whig polities *Miens end ter- Mr. Mr. Fothergill went on to say that two things were needed : (I) that the present stalemate in ...

Published: Friday 21 July 1950
Newspaper: Somerset Standard
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 500 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RIDING IN COMFORT

... France EE) s4m 50s 5 Kubler 'Switzerland 65hrs 51» A (Italy l. 65hrs 54m home the hours record -vas broken bv Hill Kentish Whig who did 259. miles ir winning the a. Western R.C. event. ...

Published: Tuesday 25 July 1950
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
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TAUNTON REJECTED MR. DISRAELI

... Labouchere. afterwards known as Lord Tauntcn. who became Cabinet Minister, President the Board of Trade, represented Taunton In the Whig interest from 1839 The clock on the Parade Market House was his gift to % town He was opposed, in 1835. Benjamin Disraeli, ...

“ Reprintment ” Justified?

... constituencies on the grounds that votes cast for them will be thrown away. In England the Liberal Party developed from the Whigs and took the name early in the 19th Century when a Liberal came to mean one who was in favour of greater political liberty ...

Published: Thursday 09 February 1950
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 488 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A SEAT ON THE BENCH

... had been suggested that politics influenced choice, and that the views the local Benches leaned too much to this way or that —Whig or Tory. Liberal or Conservative. Therefore. the later balancing of political parties in making the selection was not without ...

Published: Friday 15 September 1950
Newspaper: Western Gazette
County: Somerset, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 627 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Sir, —In recent address at the Dartington Hall Cattle Breedtng Centre, Prof. Dalling (Chief Veterinary Officer ..

... two years the early 30s, to realise that the steady and continuing progress of the British people has been due to Tories and Whigs, Conservatives and Liberals, and has not been miraculously achieved during the past five years. Your correspondent also asks ...

Published: Thursday 08 June 1950
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 706 | Page: 4 | Tags: none