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Watson-Wentworth
[ wot-suhn-went-wurth ]
noun
- Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rock路ing路ham [rok, -ing-, uh, m], 1730鈥82, British statesman: prime minister 1765鈥66, 1782.
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This county is named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, a two-time Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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More than a century after Strafford鈥檚 death, the estate still remained at the heart of English political intrigue, having by then passed into the hands of the Watson-Wentworth family, who were influential members of the Whigs party.
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