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Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG PC (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782) styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1733 Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746 Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Earl Malton in 1750 was a British Whig statesman 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.

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active years end date
1766-07-30, 1782-07-01
active years start date
1765-07-13, 1782-03-27
birth date
1730-05-13
birth place
South Yorkshire
death date
1782-07-01
death place
Wimbledon London
monarch
George III of the United Kingdom
order in office
Prime Minister of Great Britain
party
Whigs (British political party)
religion
Church of England
successor
William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne, William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham

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