Family Compact
Britishnoun
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the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
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(often not capitals) any influential clique
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Mc On state of province, 406; would not have fought against rebels, 407; praises Reformers, 407; opposition from Family Compact, 407; gives responsible government, 409; surprised people had not rebelled sooner, 477.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
B Attributed by Durham to ascendancy of Family Compact, 11.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Thus the Assembly treated the Family Compact as null and void.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
Choiseul was anxious to make the Family Compact the means of humbling England and of regaining for France the territories she had lost.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane
"Family Compact," the, Political views, and position of, 18, 60 et sqq.,
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
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