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Noun

1. charles watson-wentworth, rockingham, second marquis of rockingham

English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)

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Rockingham

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noun
Marquess of, title of Charles Watson-Wentworth. 1730–82, British statesman and leader of the Whig opposition, whose members were known as the Rockingham Whigs; prime minister (1765–66; 1782). He opposed the war with the American colonists

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British politician who served as prime minister (1765-1766 and 1782), repealed the Stamp Act (1766), and favored American independence.

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