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The Tories were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Between the 1670s and 1830s, the Tories contested power with their rivals, the Whigs.
In 1678, the first Tories emerged in England as Jacobites, when they opposed the Whig-supported Exclusion Bill which set out to disinherit the heir presumptive James, Duke of York, who eventually became James II of England and VII of Scotland. During the Second Jacobite Revolution, involving James III (The Pretender), the Tories secretly worked with the Swedes and French in planning a revolution and coup funded by the French and carried out by the Swedes, modeled on William of Orange's invasion, with 12,000 Cavalry troops delivered by ship, according to Voltaire in his History of Charles XII. However, Casper Von Bothmer intercepted a letter from Baron Von Gortz, which revealed the plan (which had the support of the Tories and, though they denied it, six of the leading Whigs). This party ceased to exist as an organised political entity in the early 1760s, although it was used as a term of self-description by some political writers, in some cases as an insult. A few decades later, a new Tory party would rise to establish a hold on government between 1783 and 1830, with William Pitt the Younger followed by Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.
While Anglican, there was a factional support for Roman Catholicism. The Earl of Liverpool was succeeded by fellow Tory Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, whose term included the Catholic emancipation. This occurred mostly due to the election of Daniel O'Connell as a Catholic MP from Ireland. When the Whigs subsequently regained control, the Representation of the People Act 1832 removed the rotten boroughs, many of which were controlled by Tories. In 1832, the Tory ranks were reduced to 175 MPs.
Under the leadership of Robert Peel, the Tamworth Manifesto was issued and began to transform the Tories into the Conservative Party. However, Peel lost many of his supporters by repealing the Corn Laws, causing the party to break apart. One faction, led by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, survived to become the modern Conservative Party, whose members are commonly still referred to as Tories as they still often follow and promote the ideology of Toryism.
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The Tories were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Between the 1670s and 1830s, the Tories contested power with their rivals, the Whigs.
In 1678, the first Tories emerged in England as Jacobites, when they opposed the Whig-supported Exclusion Bill which set out to disinherit the heir presumptive James, Duke of York, who eventually became James II of England and VII of Scotland. During the Second Jacobite Revolution, involving James III (The Pretender), the Tories secretly worked with the Swedes and French in planning a revolution and coup funded by the French and carried out by the Swedes, modeled on William of Orange's invasion, with 12,000 Cavalry troops delivered by ship, according to Voltaire in his History of Charles XII. However, Casper Von Bothmer intercepted a letter from Baron Von Gortz, which revealed the plan (which had the support of the Tories and, though they denied it, six of the leading Whigs). This party ceased to exist as an organised political entity in the early 1760s, although it was used as a term of self-description by some political writers, in some cases as an insult. A few decades later, a new Tory party would rise to establish a hold on government between 1783 and 1830, with William Pitt the Younger followed by Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.
While Anglican, there was a factional support for Roman Catholicism. The Earl of Liverpool was succeeded by fellow Tory Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, whose term included the Catholic emancipation. This occurred mostly due to the election of Daniel O'Connell as a Catholic MP from Ireland. When the Whigs subsequently regained control, the Representation of the People Act 1832 removed the rotten boroughs, many of which were controlled by Tories. In 1832, the Tory ranks were reduced to 175 MPs.
Under the leadership of Robert Peel, the Tamworth Manifesto was issued and began to transform the Tories into the Conservative Party. However, Peel lost many of his supporters by repealing the Corn Laws, causing the party to break apart. One faction, led by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, survived to become the modern Conservative Party, whose members are commonly still referred to as Tories as they still often follow and promote the ideology of Toryism.
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