Tory (disambiguation)
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A Tory holds a political philosophy (Toryism) based on the traditionalism and conservatism, originally from the Cavalier faction in the English Civil War.
Tory is an English surname and unisex given name. It may refer to:
Politics
- Conservative Party (UK) and predecessors:
- Tories (British political party) (1678–1834)
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Unionist Party (Scotland)
- Gibraltar Social Democrats
- Conservative Party of Canada and predecessors:
- Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
- Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
- Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
- Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and predecessors:
- Family Compact (–1848)
- Upper Canada Tories (–1867)
- Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
- Saskatchewan Party
- Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, decline
- United Conservative Party and predecessors:
- Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (1905–2017)
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
- Southern Unionist, during the American Civil War
- Australian Liberal Party
- New Zealand National Party
- Irish Unionist Alliance and predecessors:
- Tory Party, of the Yale Political Union
- Tory, from Tóraidhe, Irish Catholic soldiers in the mid 1600s who fought for the Confederation of Kilkenny
People
Given name
- Tory Baucum (born 1960), American Anglican priest
- Tory Bellici (born 1970), American TV personality
- Tory Burch (born 1966), American fashion designer, businesswoman and philanthropist
- Tory Christman (born 1947), American critic of Scientology and former member
- Tory Harrison (born 1987), American footballer
Fictional characters
- Tory Redding, the female protagonist of the 1993 film Leprechaun, played by Jennifer Aniston
Surname
- Geoffroy Tory (~1480–1533), French humanist and engraver
- Henry Marshall Tory (1864–1967), Canadian university administrator
- James Cranswick Tory (1862–1944), Canadian lawyer and politician
- John A. Tory (1930–2011), Canadian lawyer and father of John H. Tory
- John Tory (born 1954), former Leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and currently the Mayor of Toronto
- John S. D. Tory (1903–1965), Canadian lawyer and father of John A. Tory
Other uses
- Tory Creek (disambiguation)
- Tory Island, an island off the north-west coast of Ireland
- Tory, a ship of the New Zealand Company in 1839–40
- Torys, a Canadian law firm and a member of the Bay Street Seven Sisters
- Tory, the code name of a nuclear reactor developed for Project Pluto
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