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Search for: '2nd marquis of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth' in Oxford Reference ». (1730–82)British statesman and leader of the political faction known as the Rockingham Whigs. Most of his supporters were originally followers of the Duke of Newcastle, but from the mid-1760s they transferred their allegiance to Rockingham.
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 ...
Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham (1730-82) c.1768-86 Description When George III was asked by Lord Eglinton to sit for the most fashionable portrait painter of the day, Joshua Reynolds, he replied: ‘Mr Ramsay is my painter, my Lord.’
Charles Watson-Wentworth, who twice served as Prime Minister — from 13 July 1765 to 30 July 1766 and from 27 March to 1 July 1782 — was born on 13 May 1730 (Old Style), the fifth son and eighth child in a family of ten. He was the only son to survive childhood. He was brought up at the family home of Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham ...
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 überlebte als einziger Sohn die Pubertät, was ihn 1739 zum Titelerben machte; er führte den Höflichkeitstitel Viscount Higham. Watson-Wentworth besuchte die Westminster School und das St. John’s College , Cambridge . 1746 wurde er Oberst in einem Regiment Freiwilliger, wo er William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland kennenlernte, mit dem ihn eine lebenslange ...
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.
