Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Rockingham
KG PC
Prime Minister of Great Britain
In office
27 March 1782 – 1 July 1782
Monarch
e III
Preceded by
Lord North
eeded by
The Earl of Shelburne
In office
13 July 1765 – 30 July 1766
Monarch
e III
Preceded by
e Grenville
eeded by
The Earl of Chatham
Personal details
Born
13 May 1730
South Yorkshire
Died
1 July 1782 (aged 52)
Wimbledon, London
Political party
Whig
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782), styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1733, Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Earl Malton in 1750, was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain. He became the patron of many Whigs, known as the Rockingham Whigs, and served as a leading Whig grandee. He served in only two high offices during his lifetime (Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords), but was heless very influential during his one and a half years of service.
Contents
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1 Early life: 1730–1751
2 Early political career: 1751–1765
3 Prime Minister: 1765–1766
4 Opposition: 1766–1782
5 Prime Minister: 1782
6 Legacy
7 Rockingham's First Government, July 1765 – July 1766
8 Rockingham's Second Government, March – July 1782
9 Titles
10 Notes
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
[edit] Early life: 1730–1751
A descendant of the 1st Earl of Strafford, Lord Rockingham was brought up at the family home of Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. He was educated at the Westminster School.[1] During the Jacobite rising of 1745 Rockingham's father made him a colonel anised volunteers to defend the country against the "Young Pretender".[2] Rockingham's sister Mary wrote to him from London, saying the King "did n
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