Member of Parliament for Broxbourne. The Conservative Party. Conservative instead of the traditional term, Tory, was first used in Britain by George Canning in 1824.
When Lord Liverpool resigned in 1827 King George IV interviewed Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington and George Canning for the post of prime minister. When the king appointed Canning, Wellington, Peel and several other leading Tories resigned from the government. Canning was forced to rely on the support of the Whigs to hold on to power. Those Whigs who accepted government posts had to promise not to raise the issue of parliamentary reform.
The Conservative Party.