Whig

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George Trail who represented the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency from 1830 to 1835, was a member of the Whig Party.

Whig is a term which was originally applied to cattle drovers in the south west of Scotland.
In the late 17th century the term was used firstly to describe extreme Covenanters and latterly to a political and military faction opposed to the religious policies of, and defeated by, Charles II.
Later the Whigs supported the establishment of the Hanoverian settlement. By the 19th century their rivals in Parliament, the Tories, were the supporters of the established church and the traditional political structure. The Whigs, in contrast to the Tories, favoured reform.
The aristocratic connotations surrounding the name caused some politicians to refer to themselves as Liberals, a term used by reforming politicians in Europe. However, the term Liberal was not used officially until 1868 when William Gladstone became Prime Minister.