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... Guildhall Square the two streets were named after the political party factions of the 18th century - the Whigs and the Tories - or was it the Tories and the Whigs? Well anyway apparently - if I can borrow a word from my sleighmate Tony the Trotter - in Carmarthen ...
... Carmarthen in 172Z He married Bridget Vanghan who became known as Madame and extended family Vaughans of Golden Grove beaded Whig faction county Mr Bevan returned Member of Parliament for Carmarthen In 1727 a post held unto 174L The other painting snapped ...
... bloodshed in Borough Carmarthen The chief antagonists at one period were of Picton Castle (Tory) Griffith Philipps Cwmgwili (Whig) WHIG AND TORY RIOTS defeat Griffith Philipps by John the 1741 Parliamentary election was followed by some shooting was descrilied ...
... between the and the Whigs It seemed that the chaos would go on and both sides decided that a new charter was the ony possible solution iIr Owen said that both des tried to secure a charter that would favour them and it was the Whigs who triumphed On August ...
... legal field though He published political pamphlets and counted the American Revolutionary Benjamin Franklin and leader of the Whigs Edmund Burke among his friends and in his spare time he founded the Druids circle of Teifiside poets and composed Romantic ...
... Baron) The Whigs had in 1747 with aid of the mob and intimidating threats succeeded wresting the Borough seat from the Tories After crusading under the motto that Right is might lor nearly ten years Tories reverting to the successful Whig practices of ...
... were far from non-violent had prevented the 1831 election from taking place twice The opposing political supporters the “Blue” Whig the “Red” Tory (yes strangely!) clashed in the town The militia was called in and given a special brief to seek nuclear attack ...
... passed through on this occasion” A century later what was left of it was fortified and became a battleground when Tories and Whigs clashed in bloody riots Since then it has remained one of the ruins that took a hammering from Cromwell and HV Morton in “In ...
... graduated in 1818 MA in 1822 Although had inhef-ited business Samuel a speaker and a political beckoned From 1819 until was Whig Parliament Hythe 1832 he failed in took active Meanwhile the tale of a bankrupt Ironmonger who fell on some hard times politics ...
... He hated a fool he hated a rogue he hated a whig He was a good hater This quotation from Dr Samuel i Johnson would of course have to be amended to fit Mr Evans' view by substituting “Plaid Cymru for whig It is a pity that Mr Evans follows the common ...
... ‘Independent’ voter to display the colour of his party which was either red or blue - the red denoted the Tory Party the blue the Whig or Liberal party - unless he was surrounded by a strong body of his party prejudiced were the feelings of the excited populace ...
... tries the second half-the first starting from scrum on the half-way A threeqnarter movement winger : Aled Thomas sprinting down whig He tackled short of but supporting prop Frands Wdgd pkked np dive over for a touchdown Skipper Robert Ansdl dominated lines-out ...