The Patriot Whigs,  later the Patriot Party, were a group within the Whig Party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group was formed in opposition to the government of Robert Walpole in the House of Commons in 1725, when William Pulteney (later 1st Earl of Bath) and seventeen other Whigs joined with the Tory Party in attacks against the ministry.
The Patriot Whigs, later known as the Patriot Party, were a faction within the Whig Party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group emerged as an opposition force against the government of Robert Walpole in the House of Commons in 1725 when William Pulteney (later 1st Earl of Bath) and seventeen other Whigs joined forces with the Tory Party in their attacks on the ministry.