Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain Whig statesman human

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and was known for his opposition to royal influence and support for American colonial grievances.

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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham canonical 21
2nd Marquess of Rockingham 5
Marquess of Rockingham 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Whig statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1730-05-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1782-07-01 ⓘ
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
endTimeFirstTermAsPrimeMinister 1766 ⓘ
endTimeSecondTermAsPrimeMinister 1782 ⓘ
familyName Watson-Wentworth ⓘ
father Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasNoChildren true ⓘ
heldMilitaryRank colonel of the Royal Horse Guards ⓘ
ideology constitutional monarchism ⓘ
parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
introducedPolicy Declaratory Act 1766 ⓘ
repeal of the Stamp Act ⓘ
knownFor leading the Rockingham Whig faction ⓘ
opposition to royal influence over Parliament ⓘ
repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
support for American colonial grievances ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III
mother Lady Mary Finch ⓘ
nobleTitle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
parliamentaryHouse House of Lords ⓘ
patronOf Edmund Burke ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wentworth Woodhouse ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfBurial York Minster ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Leader of the Rockingham Whigs ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
predecessorInFirstTermAsPrimeMinister George Grenville ⓘ
predecessorInSecondTermAsPrimeMinister Lord North ⓘ
surface form: Frederick North, Lord North
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Wentworth Woodhouse ⓘ
spouse Mary Bright ⓘ
startTimeFirstTermAsPrimeMinister 1765 ⓘ
startTimeSecondTermAsPrimeMinister 1782 ⓘ
succeededByInMarquessate William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam ⓘ
successorInFirstTermAsPrimeMinister William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
successorInSecondTermAsPrimeMinister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ⓘ
supportedCause conciliation with the American colonies ⓘ

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The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) → precededBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) → cooperatedWith → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Rockingham County, New Hampshire → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Lord North → successor → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquess of Rockingham
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire → officeHeldBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire → officeHeldBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Rockingham Whig → leader → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Rockingham Whig → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
English Whigs → notableLeader → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → nobleTitle → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
2nd Earl of Guilford → succeededBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Frederick → succeededBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick North, Lord North
this entity surface form: Marquess of Rockingham
George Grenville → replacedBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Marquess of Rockingham
Whistlejacket by George Stubbs → commissionedBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Whistlejacket
this entity surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Whistlejacket by George Stubbs → patron → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Whistlejacket
Whistlejacket by George Stubbs → ownerAtTimeOfCommission → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Whistlejacket
this entity surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Rockingham County, Virginia → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Rockingham County → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Lord Shelburne → predecessor → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham → child → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Watson-Wentworth → associatedTitle → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquess of Rockingham
Watson-Wentworth → notableMember → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Watson-Wentworth → heldTitle → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
this entity surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne → predecessor → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Marquess of Rockingham
Wentworth Woodhouse → notableResident → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Lady Mary Finch → motherOf → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Mary Bright → spouse → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Mary Bright → spousePositionHeld → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Rockingham, Vermont → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Rockingham County, North Carolina → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Rockingham, North Carolina → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford → succeededBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ