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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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 Reginald Lane Poole
But although the friends of the old Family Compact always professed to be extremely loyal and to pay great deference to the wishes of the British government, on this occasion they pursued a different course.
From Wilmot and Tilley by James Hannay
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
He was a fluent, although somewhat coarse, speaker on the platform, and was an awkward antagonist to the local supporters of the Family Compact.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
"Family Compact," the, Political views, and position of, 18, 60 et sqq.,
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
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