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Arms of Watson, of Rockingham Castle: Argent, on a chevron engrailed azure between three martlets sable as many crescents.. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC, FRS (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782; styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1739, Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Marquess of Rockingham in 1750) was a ...
May 9, 2024 · Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham was the prime minister of Great Britain from July 1765 to July 1766 and from March to July 1782. He led the parliamentary group known as Rockingham Whigs, which opposed Britain’s war (1775–83) against its colonists in North America.
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Feb 25, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Rockingham, a leading Whig politician in the eighteenth century. He served as First Lord twice, advocated for American conciliation and Catholic relief, and influenced the development of opposition politics.
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When Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham was born on 13 May 1730, in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England, his father, Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC, was 36 and his mother, Lady Mary Finch-Hatton, was 28. He married Mary Liddell Bright on 26 February 1752, in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United ...
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Learn about the life and career of Rockingham, a Whig leader and Prime Minister who served two brief terms in 1765 and 1782. Find out how he shaped parliamentary politics, repealed the Stamp Act, and set in motion the end of the American War.
Learn about the life and career of the Whig prime minister who served twice in 1765-1766 and 1782-1782. Find out his major acts, such as the Declaratory Act and the Catholic Relief Act, and his opposition to the American War.
Rockingham, Charles Watsonwentworth, Second Marquess ofROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSONWENTWORTH, SECOND MARQUESS OF. (1730–1782). British prime minister. Born in Yorkshire on 13 May 1730, Wentworth entered Eton in 1738 and from 1746 to 1750 (when he succeeded his father as marquess of Rockingham) studied under tutors in Geneva and in Italy.
