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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.
Biography: Charles Watson-Wentworth, commonly known as the Marquess of Rockingham, was a British statesman and two-time Prime Minister in the mid-18th century. He first served as Prime Minister from 1765 to 1766 and then again in 1782, though his second term was cut short by his sudden death.
Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730. május 13. – 1782. július 1.), Rockingham második őrgrófja, a Térdszalagrend lovagja, királyi titkos tanácsos, whig párti brit politikus, miniszterelnök. Élete során mindössze két hivatalt töltött be (a másik a Lordok Háza elnöksége volt), de másfél éves vezetése során nagy befolyással rendelkezett.
25 de feb. de 2015 · Charles Watson-Wentworth, second Marquess of Rockingham, emerged as one of the leading opposition figures during George III’s reign but also managed to head two short administrations himself. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. He was born in May 1730 at the family seat of Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham.
Rockingham was born Charles Watson-Wentworth in May 1730 into an aristocratic family (the first Prime Minister to have been born at a time when the office existed). He was educated at Westminster School, briefly serving as a volunteer during the 1745 Jacobite rising.
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, 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.’
