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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Marquess of Rockingham	2
2nd Marquess of Rockingham	1
Lord Rockingham	1
The Marquess of Rockingham	1

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 Whig → leader → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ

Rockingham County, New Hampshire → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ

Rockingham Whig → namedAfter → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of 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

English Whigs → notableLeader → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord 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 ⓘ

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

George Grenville → replacedBy → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ

this entity surface form: The 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

Lord North → successor → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marquess of Rockingham