Rock·ing·ham

(rŏk′ĭng-əm, -həm), 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British politician who served as prime minister (1765-1766 and 1782), repealed the Stamp Act (1766), and favored American independence.

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Rockingham

(ˈrɒkɪŋəm)

(Biography) Marquess of, title of Charles Watson-Wentworth. 1730–82, British statesman and leader of the Whig opposition, whose members were known as the Rockingham Whigs; prime minister (1765–66; 1782). He opposed the war with the American colonists

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Rockingham - 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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(among them, Lord Rockingham's in Grosvenor Square); which were blockaded as though to sustain a siege, and had guns pointed from the windows.

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Foote, seeing a sweep on a blood-horse, remarked, "There goes Warburton on Shakespeare!" 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.

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I only wish you could see my new hat and go with me, for Lord Rockingham promised to be there.

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CASTLE Donington youngster Tom Wood was in action at Rockingham at the weekend for the second round of the British GT championship.

Positives taken from difficult weekend at Rockingham; MOTORSPORT

Forget the knock-offs, the real Rockingham was some of the finest British porcelain ever IF YOU thought Rockingham porcelain was all flowerencrusted fripperies, their fragility emphasised by chipped petals and leaves, then think again.

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A rare Rockingham spill vase, circa 1830, painted by John Randall with a perched wagtail and exotic birds in flight to the reverse Photo: Graham Ruddock

HOT ROCOCO; Forget the knock-offs, the real Rockingham was some of the finest British porcelain ever

CEO Tom Boucher said the location--there's access to Interstate 93 and the Rockingham Mall is nearby--was key in picking the second site.

'Perfect' location: second Copper Door Restaurant planned in Salem

AFTER his Scottish success, Honda Yuasa Racing's Gordon Shedden heads to Rockingham in a buoyant mood as he resumes his BTCC title challenge.

Shedden: I'm ready to Rock

Rea serves on numerous committees and boards for the Harrisonburg Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, James Madison University College of Business, Rotary Club of Rockingham County, United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County, Valley Business Keynote and numerous other organisations.

Bank of the James names president of bank's Shenandoah Valley office

AIRWAVES Racing's Mat Jackson will be back in action this weekend as Rounds 22, 23 and 24 of the BTCC take place at the Rockingham Circuit in Northamptonshire.

Mat's back on track for more wins; MOTORSPORT

Those benefiting from the auctions were Camp Carefree in Stokesdale, N.C.; the Salvation Army in Mayodan; Reformers Unanimous in Stoneville, N.C.; the American Cancer Society in Rockingham County, N.C., and the Western Rockingham Firefighters Association in Mayodan.

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