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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 Hon. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham has received more than 639,236 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham is the 9,576th most popular politician (up from 10,361st in 2019), the 1,937th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,232nd in 2019) and the 299th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 9,576 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolf Wagner, Chunghye of Goryeo, Pietro IV Candiano, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Christian Schmidt, and Mucianus. After him are Arnulf, Count of Holland, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, Horus Bird, and William Waddington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 20. Before him are William Hamilton, Motoori Norinaga, Johann Hedwig, Pieter Boddaert, Otto Friedrich Müller, and Augustin Pajou. After him are Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Koca Yusuf Pasha, William Hudson, Salomon Gessner, Henry Clinton, and Sophie von La Roche. Among people deceased in 1782, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 21. Before him are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Hyder Ali, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony. After him are Sava Petrović, Daniel Solander, Richard Wilson, Sadeq Khan Zand, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, and Christine Kirch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 1,937 out of 8,785. Before him are John Gould (1804), June Whitfield (1925), Adele (1988), Andy Whitfield (1971), Arthur Rostron (1869), and David Knopfler (1952). After him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Edward Vernon (1684), Tony Banks (1950), John Wyndham (1903), Robert Darwin (1766), and Peter Crouch (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ranks 299. Before him are Louise, Princess Royal (1867), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Cynric (450), John A. Macdonald (1815), and Louisa Adams (1775). After him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757).

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