Grenvillite

Grenville Whigs
Leader(s)
Founded1760s; 263 years ago (1760s)
Dissolved1817; 207 years ago (1817)
HeadquartersBuckinghamshire
IdeologyWhiggism
Conservatism
Anti-radicalism
Abolitionism
Parliamentarism[1]
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationWhigs
George Grenville painted by William Hoare

The Grenville Whigs (or Grenvillites) were a name given to several British political factions of the 18th and the early 19th centuries, all of which were associated with the important Grenville family of Buckinghamshire.[2][3]

  1. ^ Russell, Kirk (2001). Regnery Publishing (ed.). The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot. p. 15. ISBN 9780895261717.
  2. ^ Kriegel 1980, p. 393.
  3. ^ Sack 1975, pp. 112–134.