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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In Upper Canada, the Conservative and Family Compact group had to face a vigorous Reforming opposition.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
His strong family feeling and his detestation of England, which was unchecked after the death of his wife, Maria Amelia, daughter of Frederick Augustus II. of Saxony, led him into the Family Compact with France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
It seemed that the Family Compact oligarchy would have everything in their own hands.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam
The two powers of the House of Bourbon were still bound by the Family Compact, and eager for allies in the strife with England which the struggles in India and America were bringing hourly nearer.
From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green
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
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