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Eldonian, a.|ɛlˈdəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of John Scott, Earl of Eldon (1751–1838) + -ian.]
Belonging to or characteristic of Lord Eldon, regarded as typical of ‘diehard’ toryism. Also Eldonine |ˈɛldənaɪn| a.
1855National Rev. Oct. 257 Those years were the commencement of what is called the Eldonine period. 1876W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 419 A fusion of Benthamic legislation with Eldonine evolution. 1898Daily News 8 July 4/7 His Toryism is Eldonian and antediluvian. 1900Ibid. 31 Dec. 4/7 The century, considered from a political point of view, may be divided into the Eldonian, the Peelite, the Palmerstonian, and the Gladstonian eras. 1926London Merc. May 104 An Eldonian Tory still describes a type peculiar to the English temperament, and never, perhaps for that reason, personally unpopular. |