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Rockingham

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Rock·ing·ham  (rkng-m, -hm), Second Marquis of. Title of Charles Watson-Wentworth. 1730-1782.
British politician who served as prime minister (1765-1766 and 1782), repealed the Stamp Act (1766), and favored American independence.
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Noun1.RockinghamRockingham - English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham


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When he heard that the Rockingham Cabinet was fatigued to death and at its wits' end, he exclaimed that it could not have been the length of the journey which had tired it.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
I only wish you could see my new hat and go with me, for Lord Rockingham promised to be there.
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