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title: "Edmund Burke: Founder of Modern Conservatism"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker regarded as the founder of modern conservatism.
- Why is Edmund Burke called the father of modern conservatism?
- What is Burke's trustee model of representation?
- How did Burke's views on America and France appear contradictory?
- What was Burke's role in the impeachment of Warren Hastings?

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Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker regarded as the founder of modern conservatism.

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In his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Edmund Burke predicted that the Revolution would end in military dictatorship — a forecast widely held to have been vindicated by Napoleon Bonaparte's seizure of power in 1799.

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