British Whig Party

"Whig Party" redirects here. For the party in the United States, see Whig Party (United States).

Preceded by	Country party
Succeeded by	Liberal Party Peelites
Ideology	Whiggism, Constitutional monarchism, Radicalism, Laissez-faire, Classical liberalism, Rule of law, Anti-Catholicism
International affiliation	None
Colours	orange; buff and blue

The British Whig Party was an early British political party. Their rivals were the Tories, and the British prime minister was usually from one of the two parties.

Other websites

•   "Whig and Tory". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh). (1911). Cambridge University Press. 
•   "Whig and Tory". New International Encyclopedia. (1905). 
• Karl Marx on the Tories and the Whigs (1852)