Torgau, League of.
A league formed at Torgau in 1526 by the Protestant Princes of Germany, headed by the Landgrave of Hesse and the Elector of Saxony, as a counter move to the reported combination of Duke George of Saxony, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mentz and other Catholic Princes to oppose the Reformation.
Torres Vedras, Lines of.
The strongly intrenched position in front of Lisbon, occupied by Wellington during the winter of 1810-11, after the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo.
Tory.
The name given to the Loyalist Party in the reign of Charles II. It is taken from the name applied to the Irish outlaws. The word now implies extreme Conservatism.
Tory Democracy.
The political creed of Lord Randolph Churchill and his followers. He maintained that Toryism was not necessarily the creed of an exclusive class, but was as democratic in its aims as Radicalism.
Toshachs.
In the earliest days of Scottish history, an inferior grade of chieftain in the Highlands.