Watson-Wentworth

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Watson-Wentworth is a British aristocratic family name historically associated with the Marquesses of Rockingham and prominent 18th-century political influence.

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Label Occurrences
Watson-Wentworth canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocratic family
British statesman
aristocraticLineage Watson family
Wentworth family
aristocraticStatus titled landowning family
associatedChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords
associatedPoliticalFaction Rockingham Whigs
associatedTitle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
surface form: Marquess of Rockingham
associatedWithHouse Wentworth Woodhouse
associatedWithMonarch George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
coatOfArmsStatus has coat of arms
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
culturalContext British aristocracy
familyName Watson-Wentworth self-linksurface differs
familyNameLanguage English
governingSystemContext British parliamentary monarchy
hasDoubleBarrelledSurname true
heldTitle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
hereditaryStatus hereditary peerage family
historicalDomain British political history
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century
historicalRole landed aristocracy
historicalSignificance influence on Whig politics
involvedIn 18th-century parliamentary politics
linkedNobleTitle Earl Fitzwilliam
linkedToCounty Yorkshire
linkedToEstate Wentworth Woodhouse
surface form: Wentworth Woodhouse estate
linkedToPoliticalOffice Prime Minister of Great Britain
namingConvention hyphenated aristocratic surname
nobleFamilyType peerage of Great Britain
notableCentury 18th century
notableFor leadership of the Rockingham Whigs
notableMember Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
peerageConnection Peerage of Great Britain
politicalAlignment Whig-aligned family
politicalInfluence prominent in 18th-century British politics
politicalParty British Whig Party
surface form: Whig
positionHeld Prime Minister of Great Britain
region England
socialClass British nobility
surnameComponent Watson
Wentworth

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Watson-Wentworth familyName Watson-Wentworth self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham