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Definition of Charles watson-wentworth
1. Noun. English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782).
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Watson-wentworth
Literary usage of Charles watson-wentworth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Celebrated Etonians by John Heneage Jesse (1902)
"CHARLES WATSON - WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, KG THIS straightforward and
high-minded statesman— the third Etonian who, in the first five years of the ..."
2. A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: With Historical by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1875)
""William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland. William Wentworth Fitzwilliam,
Earl Fitzwilliam. Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham. ..."
3. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1870)
"... since March the 25th, 1782. Wm. Walton, Clerk of ye Vestry. (225). The most
Noble & Puissant Prince Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquiss of Rockingham, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1852)
"CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, second Marquis of Kock- ingham, was descended from a
... This fortunate gentleman was "the father of Charles Watson Wentworth, ..."
5. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke (1838)
"Sin charles watson-wentworth, **CV.IM! Marquess of Rockingham, KIÎ. an eminent
statt^n^:. and PR i » к ы IN ISTER , at one time, in the reign < t ..."
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