Charles Watson Wentworth, second marquess of Rockingham

(1730-1782)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782 NRA: Wentworth Charles Watson- (1730-1782) 2nd Marquess of Rockingham statesman DNB: Wentworth, Charles Watson-, second marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), prime minister LBT ID: LdRocki2 VIAF ID: 37728104 LOC ID: n50049077	B/BAP: 1730-05-13 DIED: 1782-07-01
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Whig politician who led the opposition to the Tories in the House of Lords, 1768-81.
REFERENCES TO Charles Watson Wentworth, second marquess of Rockingham: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Portraits—the Author's Father. Found 1: ¶ 14 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. IX. 1776-1777 Found 1: ¶ 9 Ch. XII. 1779-1786 Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 ¶ n1 Ch. XVII. 1787 Found 1: ¶ 34 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter V. Found 1: ¶ 26 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. I. 1756-1785 Found 1: ¶ 53