Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC, FRS (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782; styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1739, Viscount...
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of it were redesigned in the 19th century. Wentworth Woodhouse was inherited by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, briefly Prime Minister...
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It was created in 1746 for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Earl of Malton. The Watson family descended from Lewis Watson, Member of Parliament for Lincoln...
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English wife of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921), American astronomer Mary Gordon-Watson (born 1948),...
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Rockingham Whigs (category Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham)
18th-century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, from about 1762 until his death in...
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Cragg Vale Coiners (category Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham)
ambushed Dighton in Halifax and shot him dead in Bull Close Lane. Charles Watson-Wentworth (the Marquess of Rockingham and former Prime Minister) was tasked...
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Newfoundland Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782), Whig Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Charles Watson (Wisconsin legislator)...
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1766 food riots (category Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham)
The 1766 food riots took place across England in response to rises in the prices of wheat and other cereals following a series of poor harvests. Riots...
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British Magazine and Review. Vol. 1. 1782. The Most Honourable Charles Watson Wentworth. Disraeli, Benjamin (8 June 1855). "Prosecution of the War — Adjourned...
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William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (redirect from William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam)
19th centuries. In 1782 he inherited the estates of his uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, making him one of the richest people...
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