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Who did the Portland Whigs break away from?

  • Charles James Fox

  • Prince Regent

  • John Stuart

  • Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The Portland Whigs were a group of Whigs who broke away from Charles James Fox's faction of the party in 1807. The Portland Whigs were led by the Duke of Portland and were more conservative than Fox's faction. They supported the war against France and opposed parliamentary reform.
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