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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
British Prime Minister (1730-1782)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 13 May 1730, 1730
- Died
- 1 July 1782, 1782
- Place of birth
- South Yorkshire
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Watson-Wentworth
- Mother
- Lady Mary Finch
- Occupation
- politician, Christian minister
- Position held
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Native language
- English
- Awards
- Order of the Garter
- cause of death
- influenza
- depicted by
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730–1782), 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- educated at
- St John's College, Westminster School
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of political party
- Whigs
- name in native language
- Charles Watson-Wentworth
- noble title
- Marquess of Rockingham, Earl of Malton
- place of burial
- York Minster
- writing language
- English
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- Watson-Wentworth, Charles (DNB00)
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rockingham, Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham (1730-82)
- Lord Rockingham and Edmund Burke
- Rockingham, Lord (1730-1782), twice prime minister of Great Britain during the era of the American Revolution
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham [watsocharl004136]
- Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham
- Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730–1782), 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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