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The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig Party and often the government, during the reigns of William III and Anne. The Whig Junt
The Second Whig Junto by John James Baker, 1710
Portrait of John Somers, Baron Somers
1st Earl Of Halifax
Gibson, Edward Russell
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, was an English nobleman and politician of the Spencer family. An able and gifted statesman, his caustic temper and belief in absolute monarchy nevertheless made
Whig Junto
…later Earl of Halifax; Thomas Wharton, later Marquess of Wharton, and Edward Russell, later Earl of Orford. They came to prominence due to the favour of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland and during the reign of Queen Anne, Sunderland's son, the 3rd Earl succeeded his father. Opponents gave them the nickname "the five tyrannising lords…
Robert Spencer, Second Earl of Sunderland
Sunderland in Classical Dress, by Carlo Maratta
Anne, Countess of Sunderland