Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

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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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Generate an image of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (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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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 ⓘ
mother Lady Mary Finch ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Lords ⓘ
patronOf Edmund Burke ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wentworth Woodhouse ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfBurial York Minster ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 Frederick North, Lord North ⓘ
linked to: 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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