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Definition of Second Marquis of Rockingham

1. Noun. English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782).

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Literary usage of Second Marquis of Rockingham

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Between the Year 1744 by Edmund K. Burke (1844)
"This 7 Charles, second Marquis of Rockingham, who, as has been stated in a former note, came into office at the head of the treasury, in 1765, and appointed ..."

2. Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Between the Year 1744 by Edmund Burke (1844)
"This * Charles, second Marquis of Rockingham, who, as has been stated in a former note, came into office at the head of the treasury, in 1765, and appointed ..."

3. The Writings of Samuel Adams by Samuel Adams (1904)
"... second marquis of Rockingham ; appointed to the treasury department, July 10, 1765 ; head of the administration, July, 1765-July, 1766. ..."

4. The Writings of Samuel Adams by Samuel Adams (1904)
"... second marquis of Rockingham ; appointed to the treasury department, July 10, 1765 ; head of the administration, July, 1765-July, 1766. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and succeeded his father as second marquis of Rockingham on 14th December in the saine year. In 1751 he became lord-lieutenant of the North and West ..."

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