- The
Rockingham Whigs (or
Rockinghamites) in 18th-century
British politics were a
faction of the
Whigs led by
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd
Marquess of...
- the
hitherto cordial Rockinghamites through his
dismissal of Lord Edg****be as
Treasurer of the Household.
While some
Rockinghamites,
namely Henry Seymour...
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Second party Leader Lord
North Henry Seymour Conway Party Northite Rockinghamite Leader's seat
Banbury Thetford Seats won 260 254 Seat change 83 39...
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First party Second party Leader Lord
North William Dowdeswell Party Northite Rockinghamite Leader's seat
Banbury Worcestershire Seats won 343 215...
- 18 days —
First Lord of the
Treasury Leader of the
House of
Lords Whig (
Rockinghamite)
Rockingham I
William Pitt the
Elder 1st Earl of
Chatham (1708–1778)...
- (aged 68) Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire,
England Political party Whig (
Rockinghamite)
Spouse Jane Mary
Nugent (m. 1757)
Children Richard Burke Jr. Education...
- July 1743 1 year, 137 days Died 46 The
Marquess of
Rockingham Whig (
Rockinghamite) 13 July 1765 30 July 1766 1 year, 18 days 1 year, 115 days Resigned...
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factional chaos, with
distinct Bedfordite, Chathamite,
Grenvillite and
Rockinghamite factions successively in
power and all
referring to
themselves as "Whigs"...
- to
Parliament in 1784,
Windham was
attached to the
remnants of the
Rockinghamite faction of Whigs,
whose members included his
friends Charles James Fox...
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decade of
factional chaos with
distinct "Grenvillite", "Bedfordite", "
Rockinghamite", and "Chathamite"
factions successively in power, and all referring...
