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GEORGE 111 AND THE WHIGS

... GEORGE 111 AND THE WHIGS. Mr, Marriott gave his lecture at the Grammar School on Thursday last, and treated Georgelll and the Whigs, George, said, was man of unblemished private character, of physical and moral courage and so English in his tastes that ...

Published: Thursday 21 December 1893
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 1425 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PLAIN WHIG PRINCIPLES.'

... PLAIN WHIG PRINCIPLES.' The Saturday Review, adverting to the ssggestion of the Edinburgh Review that Mr. Gladstone should be the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the next Whig Government, says : A Prime Minister of moderate opinions, with the revolutionary ...

Published: Thursday 29 January 1880
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 699 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

****** WHIGS

... origin and etymology of the word Whigs.” The word Whig ” is a corruption of the Dutch word “wegge ” a cake. In a Dutch and French dictionary I find “wegge” —“peltit pain blanc ” (small white bread, etc). The Good Friday “ Whig ” is a very old institution in ...

Published: Friday 29 May 1936
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: | Words: 341 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Wells Journal. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1852 The transference of the reins of Government from the hands of ..

... The Wells Journal. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1852 The transference of the reins of Government from the hands of the Whigs those of their great political rivals, cannot be a mean or unimportant event, even that change of power endure for only a very brief ...

Published: Saturday 28 February 1852
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 1096 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

New Administrations.-The fallowing te a liet of the Administrations, Whig and Tory, which have held office ..

... New Administrations.-The fallowing te a liet of the Administrations, Whig and Tory, which have held office England since the year 1830, with dates of their installation and dissolution, viz. : Earl Grey's Administration, 1330-34; Viscount . (fi t 1834 ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1858
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Between Whigs and Conservatives the people are left but little choice. In many of the pocket boroughs of the ..

... Between Whigs and Conservatives the people are left but little choice. In many of the pocket boroughs of the kingdom if a Whig is not returned, we may rest assured we must have a member of the Conservative party ; sometimes the rival interests are so ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1863
Newspaper: Wells Journal
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 835 | Page: 2 | Tags: none