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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC (13 May 1730-1 July 1782) was a British Whig statesman. He is most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain . He served in two high offices during his lifetime (Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords ).
Charles Watson Wentworth, 2 e marquis de Rockingham. Homme politique britannique (1730-Londres 1782). Leader de l'opposition whig à la Chambre des lords, il devint ministre principal en 1765-1766, puis en 1782, et s'opposa à la politique de Pitt envers les colonies américaines.
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. after Sir Joshua Reynolds. oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1768. 27 1/4 in. x 22 in. (692 mm x 559 mm) Given by Ralph Maude, 1875. Primary Collection.
2d Marquess of Rockingham. The English statesman Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), as prime minister and leader of the Whig opposition, advocated leniency toward the American colonies. Charles Watson-Wentworth was born on May 13, 1730. He was educated at Westminster School and at Cambridge.
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquis of (1730–82). An often underrated politician, Rockingham contributed significantly to the emergence of a distinct Whig ideology. Although his two periods as prime minister (1765–6 and 1782) were brief and unhappy, Rockingham achieved a great deal as a party leader, despite a profound ...
Charles Watson-Wentworth werd in 1738 toegelaten tot de Westminster School en diende tijdens de Jakobitische opstand van 1745 als kolonel in een regiment van vrijwilligers van het Britse leger. Tussen 1746 en 1750 reisde hij door Europa en bezocht onder meer Genève en doorkruiste Italië. Na het overlijden van zijn vader in december 1750 werd ...
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 ...
