The Growth of Parliamentary Parties

1689-1742

B. W. Hill

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781041338963
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040947197
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Originally published in 1976, this book traces the development of the early parliamentary parties from the Revolution of 1688-9 to the fall of Walpole. The author maintains that the Tory and Whig parties dominated politics during this period and that their conflict 'became so ingrained in the practice of politics that the mid-eighteenth-century lapse into multifactional strife proved partial and transient.' The 50 years after the Revolution was a crucial time in the development of parliamentary institutions. This well-reviewed book was the first study of both Whigs and Tories over this extended period and filled an important gap in the available literature.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Part I The Shaping of the Parties
• 1 Buried Names Revived 1689–90
• 2 The Whigs Attain Power 1690–95
• 3 Tory Fusion and Opposition 1695–98
• 4 The Parties Reach Equilibrium 1698–1702
• Part II The Heyday of the Parties
• 5 The Tories and the Triumvirate 1702–05
• 6 The Whigs and the Triumvirate 1705–08
• 7 Whig Advance and Tory Recovery 1708–10
• 8 Tory Dominance and Whig Recovery 1710–14
• Part III The Parties in the Age of Walpole
• 9 Tory Defeat and Whig Schism 1714–17
• 10 The Whig Compromise 1717–24
• 11 Walpole Whigs, Tories and Patriots 1724–34
• 12 Party Distinctions Preserved 1734–42
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Index