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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 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, 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.’
Charles Watson-Wentworth (13 mai 1730 – 1 er juillet 1782) est un homme d'État britannique du parti Whig, qui est deux fois Premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne. Il ne tient que deux mandats importants au cours de son existence, Premier ministre et Président de la Chambre des lords , mais son influence est considérable lors de son second mandat.
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.
28 de abr. de 2022 · 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.
