What is Whigs?
{{Use British English|date=August 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{for|the political party in the United States|Whig Party (United States)}} {{Infobox political party |name = Whigs |colorcode = {{party color|Whig (British political party)}} |logo = A-Block-for-the-Wigs-Gillray.jpeg |founded = 1678 |dissolved = 1868 |ideology = [[Whiggism]],<br>[[Constitutional monarchism]],<br>[[Radicalism (historical)|Radicalism]],<br>[[Laissez-faire]], <br>[[Classical liberalism]],<br>[[Rule of law]],<br>[[Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom|Anti-Catholicism]] |international = ''None'' |predecessor = [[Country Party (Britain)|Country party]] |successor = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]<br> [[Peelites]] |colours = orange; [[buff (colour)|buff]] and blue}} The '''Whigs''' were a [[political party]] in the [[parliaments]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Great Britain]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. The Whigs' start was in [[constitutional monarchism]] and disagreement with [[absolute monarchy]]. Between the 1680s and 1850s, they tried to win power over their rivals, the [[Tories]]. The British [[prime minister]] was usually from one of the two parties. The Whigs played a central role in the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688, and were the enemies of the [[House of Stuart|Stuart kings and pretenders]], who were [[Roman Catholic]]. The Whigs took full control of the government in 1715. They held it until [[King George III]], coming to the throne in 1760, allowed Tories back in.<ref>Brewer, John 1981. ''Party ideology and popular politics at the accession of George III''.</ref> When they held power, the Whigs got rid of the Tories from all major jobs in [[government]], the army, the [[Church of England]], the legal jobs and local officials.<ref>Jones J.R. 1961. ''The first Whigs: the politics of the exclusion crisis, 1678–1683''. Oxford University Press, 4.</ref> Their most famous leader was [[Robert Walpole]], who kept control of the government from 1721 to 1742. Later on, many of their ideas were adopted by the