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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

1730 - 1782

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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782), styled The Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1739, Viscount Higham between 1739 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750, and the Marquess of Rockingham from 1750, was a British Whig statesman and magnate, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain. He became the patron of many Whigs, known as the Rockingham Whigs, and served as a leading Whig grandee. He served in only two high offices during his lifetime (prime minister and leader of the House of Lords) but was nonetheless very influential during his one and a half years of service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham is the 8,443rd most popular politician (up from 9,575th in 2019), the 1,868th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,938th in 2019) and the 313th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 8,443 out of 19,576. Before him are J. B. Pritzker, Chogo of Baekje, Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Zhong Ren, and Michel Kafando. After him are Alghu, Marcus Minucius Rufus, Andranik Margaryan, Pons, Count of Tripoli, Diodotus II, and José Manuel Balmaceda.

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Among people born in 1730, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 15. Before him are Josiah Wedgwood, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, James Bruce, and Otto Friedrich Müller. After him are Antonio Sacchini, Motoori Norinaga, Augustin Pajou, Velu Nachiyar, William Hamilton, and Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil. Among people deceased in 1782, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 20. Before him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Daniel Solander. After him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Christine Kirch, and Anna Dorothea Therbusch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 1,868 out of 8,785. Before him are Pasquale Anfossi (1727), John Ball (1338), Elvis Costello (1954), Arthur Rackham (1867), Lennox Lewis (1965), and Tommy Smith (1945). After him are J. Lee Thompson (1914), Douglas Mawson (1882), Michael Apted (1941), John Rolfe (1585), John Barbirolli (1899), and James Gillray (1756).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 313. Before him are Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Ælle of Sussex (500), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884). After him are Peter Fraser (1884), Lulach (1030), Gytha of Wessex (1053), Edward the Exile (1016), Charles Booth (1840), and Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723).

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