- Tory (disambiguation)
The term Tory may refer to:
*
Tory , the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party
*Conservative Party (UK)
* Scottish Unionist Party
* Several different political parties in Canada, which succeeded one another:
**Conservative Party of Canada (historical) (1867-1942)
**Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942-2003)
**Conservative Party of Canada (2003-present)as well as their provincialProgressive Conservative Party counterparts, such as theProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario
*Loyalist (American Revolution)
*Tory Island , an island located off the north west coast of Donegal in Ireland
*Tory (ship) , a ship of theNew Zealand Company in 1839-40.
*Torys , a Canadian law firm and a member of theBay Street Seven Sisters
* The Tory Party of theYale Political Union .
* The code name of anuclear reactor developed forProject Pluto .;Irish guerrillas in the 1640s and 50s.
* Tory, from "Tóraidhe " (modern Irish "Tóraí "), meaning "pursued man", were Irish Catholic soldiers who fought for theConfederation of Kilkenny who resorted to guerrilla warfare on the defeat of the Confederates and their Royalist allies. They degenerated into brigands during the Interregnum.People named Tory:
* John H. Tory, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
*John A. Tory , Canadian lawyer and father of John H. Tory
*Tory Foster , a fictional character on the "Battlestar Galactica" science fiction television program
*Tory Mussett , actress
*Tory Belleci , MythBuster
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