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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. by W.T. Mote, published by Harding & Lepard, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. line and stipple engraving, published 1 December 1836 (1766-1768) NPG D14415. Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham.
Rockingham Whigs. The Rockingham Whigs (or Rockinghamites) in 18th-century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, from about 1762 until his death in 1782. The Rockingham Whigs briefly held power from 1765 to 1766 and again in 1782, and otherwise were usually in opposition to the ...
131 more. Thomas Watson-Wentworth (1693–1750), 1st Marquess of Rockingham, Politician by Jonathan Richardson the elder (1667–1745), from St John's College, University of Cambridge.
Marquess of Rockingham, in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Earl of Malton. The Watson family descended from Lewis Watson, Member of Parliament for Lincoln. He was created a Baronet, of Rockingham Castle in the County of Northampton, in the Baronetage of England in 1621. In 1645 he was further ...
The vast estates of the Wentworths had passed to Edward's son, Thomas, who took the additional name of Wentworth, and then to his son, the 1st marquess of Rockingham. Charles Watson Wentworth was born in 1730 on the 19th of March (according to some, the r3th of May), and was educated at Westminster school and St John's College, Cambridge.
Rockingham remained staunchly loyal to the Old Whigs, and to George II personally, and in 1756 turned down an offer from Frederick, Prince of Wales, then at odds with his father, to become his Master of the Horse.
Rockingham, Charles Watsonwentworth, Second Marquess ofROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSONWENTWORTH, SECOND MARQUESS OF. (1730–1782). British prime minister. Born in Yorkshire on 13 May 1730, Wentworth entered Eton in 1738 and from 1746 to 1750 (when he succeeded his father as marquess of Rockingham) studied under tutors in Geneva and in Italy.
