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Scottish National Party Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party (SNP). The SNP was formed in 1934 after a merger between the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party. The party is committed to securing independence for Scotland.The SNP won their first parliamentary seat in 1945 when Dr Robert McIntyre was returned at a... Read more
George Villiers 4th earl of Clarendon George Villiers 4th earl of Clarendon
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Septennial Act Septennial Act
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Whig Whig
Whig English political party. The name, originally a term of abuse first used for Scottish Presbyterians in the 17th cent., seems to have been a shortened form of whiggamor [cattle driver]. It was applied (c.1679) to the English opponents of the succession of the Roman Catholic duke of York... Read more
Roger Tory Peterson Roger Tory Peterson
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Tories Tories
Tories. The Tories were one of the two main political parties between the later 17th and mid-19th cents. Their existence as a parliamentary ‘party’ was not continuous but evolved and changed over time in response to issues and personalities, their party pretensions sometimes weakened... Read more
Tory Tory
Tory , English political party. The term was originally applied to outlaws in Ireland and was adopted as a derogatory name for supporters of the duke of York (later James II) at the time (c.1679-1680) when the 1st earl of Shaftesbury was proposing the duke's exclusion from the succession because... Read more
cavalier cavalier
cavalier , in general, an armed horseman. In the English civil war the supporters of Charles I were called Cavaliers in contradistinction to the Roundheads , the followers of Parliament. The royalists used the designation until it was replaced by Tory .... Read more
Francis Atterbury Francis Atterbury
Atterbury, Francis (1663–1732). Anglican priest and high-church Tory. A King's Scholar at Westminster school, Atterbury was then educated in the fiercely royalist and high Anglican Christ Church, Oxford, where he became a don. When James II tried to catholicize Oxford University, the leading... Read more
Sir William Wyndham Sir William Wyndham
Wyndham, Sir William (c.1688–1740). Politician. Wyndham owed his position as a leader of the Tories in the Walpole period to three things—his standing as a well-connected Somerset baronet, his oratorical and debating ability, and the fact that he was one of the few remaining Tories... Read more

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The SQA Republic Diary
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman ...Well, over the SNP Trots anyway...on Tuesday, an SNP researcher was...two members, one Tory and one Labour...admits he's the "baddie", but will Don...on 18 October. No first-night nerves...about to roll. No, not the one ...
The; Diary
Newspaper article from: The Herald ...opportunity - one with no politicians present...going on far too long and perhaps the...caricature of the SNP's Winnie Ewing...buddies as the rich baddies. Most impressive...tells you it's No Diet Day and you...lord? Goodness me ...

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