2ND See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

MARQUESS OF See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

WATSON See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

WENTWORTH See also:

• 2ND MARQUESS OF CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH ROCKINGHAM (173o-1782)

ROCKINGHAM (173o-1782)  , twice See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, was the son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

Wentworth (c . 169o—175o), who was created See also:

• EARL

earl of Melton in 1733 and See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, 2ND MARQUESS OF (173o-1782)

Rockingham in 1746 . The See also:

• FAMILY

family of Watson was descended from See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis Watson (1584—1653), son and See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir of Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Watson (d . 1616) of Rockingham See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle in See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire . For his services to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War Sir Lewis was created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Rockingham in 1645 . His See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson Lewis, the 3rd baron (1655—1724), was created earl of Rockingham in 1714, and was succeeded by his grandson Lewis (c . 1709—1745), whose See also:

• BROTHER

brother Thomas, the 3rd earl, died unmarried in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1746, when the earldom became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . The See also:

• BARONY

barony of Rockingham, however, descended to a See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Thomas, See also:

• FATHER

father of the prime minister, a grandson of Edward, the 2nd baron (163o-1689), who had married See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of See also:

• STRAFFORD, EARLS OF
• STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL

Strafford . The vast estates of the Wentworths had passed to Edward's son, Thomas, who took the additional name of Wentworth, and then to his son, the 1st marquess of Rockingham . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Watson Wentworth was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1730 on the 19th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March (according to some, the 13th of May), and was educated at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster school and St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He showed his spirit as a boy by See also:

• RIDING

riding across from Wentworth to See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle in 1746 to join the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland in his pursuit of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Pretender . He was created earl of See also:

• MALTON

Malton in the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1750, and succeeded his father as 2nd marquess of Rockingham in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of the same See also:

• YEAR

year .

In 1751 he became See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• RIDINGS

Ridings of See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire and a lord of the bedchamber, and in 176o was made a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of the Garter . After See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III. had begun his policy of dividing the See also:

• GREAT

great Whig families, those Whig noblemen and gentlemen who did not choose to join the sections headed by the Grenvilles, the duke of See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford, or any other great noblemen, selected as their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief the young marquess of Rockingham . In May 1762 the king's favourite, the earl of See also:

• BUTE
• BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792)

Bute, became first lord of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, and the marquess of Rockingham was amongst those who in the following year were dismissed from their lord-lieutenancies . The opposition now See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew so strong that Lord Bute resigned in See also:

• APRIL

April 1763, and the king, true to his policy, appointed George See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville to be his successor . But Grenville's See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the Whig party was not strong enough to maintain him in See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and in See also:

• JULY

July 1765 Lord Rockingham formed his first See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration with See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway and the duke of See also:

• GRAFTON
• GRAFTON, DUKES OF
• GRAFTON, RICHARD (d. 1572)

Grafton as secretaries of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The See also:

• CABINET

cabinet seemed stronger than it really was, for it was divided by See also:

• INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)

intestine quarrels, and the earl of See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham refused to have anything to do with it . Nevertheless, Rockingham recovered his lord-lieutenancies and won reputation as a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator . In May 1766 the duke of Grafton, a far abler See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man than Rockingham, though neither so conciliatory in his See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners nor so generally popular, seceded from the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1766 he succeeded his former chief as first lord of the treasury and prime minister . Then followed many years of fruitless opposition to the king's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal authority as exhibited through his ministers, but at last, on the 27th of March 1782, Lord Rockingham again became prime minister with See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox and Shelburne (afterwards marquess of See also:

• LANSDOWNE
• LANSDOWNE, WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1737-18o5)

Lansdowne) as secretaries of state . This See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he enjoyed See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for but a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks, for he died on the 1st of July 1782 . He See also:

• LEFT

left no issue, and his See also:

• PROPERTY

property went to his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, the 2nd Earl See also:

• FITZWILLIAM, SIR WILLIAM (1526-1599)
• FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM, 2ND EARL (1748-1833)

Fitzwilliam, his titles becoming extinct . A few words from his See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph by See also:

• BURKE
• BURKE, ROBERT
• BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD (1814–1892)
• BURKE, WILLIAM (1792–1829)

Burke deserve See also:

• QUOTATION

quotation as giving the See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the predominance of such an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary man as Lord Rockingham over a party abounding in men of great abilities: " A man worthy to be held in esteem, because he did not live for himself .

. He far exceeded all other statesmen in the See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• DRAWING

drawing together, without the See also:

• SEDUCTION (from Lat. seducere, to lead astray)

seduction of self-See also:

• INTEREST

interest, the concurrence and co-operation of various dispositions and abilities of men, whom he assimilated to his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and associated in his labours." See See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the See also:

• MARQUIS

Marquis of Rockingham and his Contemporaries, by George Thomas, earl of See also:

• ALBEMARLE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Albemarle (2 vols., 1852) ; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole's Memoirs of the reign of George III., edited by G . F . R . See also:

• BARKER, EDMUND HENRY (1788–1839)

Barker (1894) ; and the other letters, papers and diaries of the time .