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Watson-Wentworth

American  
[wot-suhn-went-wurth] / ˈwɒt sənˈwɛntˌwɜrθ /

noun

  1. Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham 1730–82, British statesman: prime minister 1765–66, 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’s 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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