Charles Watson-Wentworth

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:birth_date 1730-03-13
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Rockingham
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Watson-Wentworth,_3rd_Marquess_of_Rockingham
gptkbp:death_date 1782-07-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Watson-Wentworth
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:John_Locke
gptkbp:known_for Being a Prime Minister
Leading the Whig Party
Political reforms in Britain
gptkbp:minister gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_work Opposition to the Stamp Act
Support for American colonies
gptkbp:office gptkb:First_Lord_of_the_Treasury
gptkb:Prime_Minister
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:political_position Leader of the House of Lords
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:1st_Marquess_of_Rockingham
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:British_politics
gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:British_aristocracy
gptkb:Fitzwilliam_family
gptkb:Rockingham_family
gptkb:Parliament_of_Great_Britain
Whig aristocracy
18th-century British politics
Political history of Great Britain
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Rockingham_Castle
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Fitzwilliam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_Fitzwilliam,_4th_Earl_Fitzwilliam
gptkbp:term_end 1766
1766-07-30
gptkbp:term_start 1765
1765-07-13
gptkbp:title gptkb:2nd_Marquess_of_Rockingham
gptkbp:title_held gptkb:Duke_of_Somerset
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duke_of_Somerset
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4