A Tory is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved thr
Royalist supporters, such as the Cavaliers, were referred to as tories during the Interregnum and Restoration period in Great Britain.
Lord Belasyse was the second Tory to lead a Ministry in Great Britain.
Loyalist refugees on their way to the Canadas during the American Revolution. 1901 illustration by Howard Pyle. The Loyalists helped establish the base of support for political cliques in the Canadas, locally referred to as Tories.
Depiction of the death of British Major Patrick Ferguson, during the American Revolutionary War. He was shot while commanding Loyalist regulars and militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly known as the Conservative Party and colloquially as the Tories, is a political party in the United Kingdom. It sits on the centre-right to right-wing of t
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…formed the support base for political cliques in Upper and Lower Canada. Toryism remains prominent in the politics of Canada and the United Kingdom. The British Conservative Party and Conservative Party of Canada, and their supporters, continue to be referred to as Tories. Adherents to traditional Toryism in contemporary times…
Robert Peel, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and founder of the Conservative Party
Sir Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister during World War II and in the 1950s
Harold Macmillan is closely associated with the post-war settlement.
Margaret Thatcher is the first woman to be Prime Minister and the longest-serving of the 20th century.