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	Charles Watson-Wentworth, second Marquis of Rockingham (1730-82)
		Rockingham was honest, able and a good man with many years of political experience in Yorkshire and House of Lords, but he had never held high office.
		Rockingham, who took on the job of PM from a sense of duty, was not really interested in holding power.
		Rockingham repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766 but was forced to pass the Declaratory Act at the same time, to ensure repeal.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/rocky.html (1312 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - Charles Watson-Wentworth
		Rockingham was the party leader of the Whigs under Newcastle, and became first lord of the treasury (prime minister) in July 1765 following Grenville's resignation.
		Rockingham was a wealthy gentleman of lofty principles and he gathered his kind around him to form his government...
		Rockingham's government was responsible for the repeal of the Stamp Act in February, 1766, inspired by protests in the colonies against the act that imposed duties on all official papers used in the colonies.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime10.html (531 words)

	Earl of Chatham, ON LORD ROCKINGHAM MOTION TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION, JANUARY 22, 1770
		THE preceding speech of Lord Chatham, in connection with the decisive step taken by Lord Camden, threw the Duke of Grafton and his ministry into the utmost confusion; and an adjournment of a week was resorted to, for the purpose of making new arrangements.
		It was decided to follow up the blow at once, by a motion from Lord Rockingham for an "inquiry into the state of the nation," which allows the utmost latitude for examining into the conduct of a minister.
		My Lords, not saying but what is within the knowledge of us all, the corruption of the people is the great original cause of the discontents of the people themselves, of the enterprise of the Crown, and the notorious decay of the internal vigor of the Constitution.
	classicpersuasion.org /cbo/chatham/chat10.htm (3895 words)

	GENUKI: Lords of Great Britain
		The attainder of Lord Stafford was not reversed till 1824.
		He afterwards acted in concert with Chatham, in opposition to the ministry of Lord North; on the fall of which, in March, 1782, he was again placed at the head of the administration, but died July 1 of the same year, and was succeeded by Lord Shelburne.
		He was however, accused of having engaged in the Rye-house Plot,' which had for its object the assassination of the king on his return from Newmarket; and on this pretext he was committed to the Tower, tried condemned, and executed July 21,1683, being then in the 44th year of his age.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/lord.html (1074 words)

	A DEFENCE OF THE ROCKINGHAM PARTY
		I know of nothing that the friends of lord Rockingham have to offer that can be of any weight with them; and, for my own part, I should blush to fay a word, that should tend to conciliate their approbation to a system, in which my heart was interested.
		Lord Shelburne's obtaining, or accepting, call it which you will, of the office of first lord of the treasury, upon the demise of lord Rockingham, without the privity of his fellow Ministers, was contrary to every maxim of ingenuous conduct, and every principle upon which an association of parties can be supported.
		Lord Shelburne, though he has been able to win over the good opinion of several, under the notion of his being a friend of liberty, is really, in many respects, stiffly aristocratical or highly monarchical.
	www.pos1.info /d/defenserock.htm (7441 words)

	Campbell: Lives of the Lord Chancellors: Camden, Ch. 146
		Lord Rockingham and Lord Shelburne both agreed upon the propriety of carrying the "Contractors' Bill," which had been lately rejected, — and, by way of redeeming their pledges, and maintaining their popularity, the reintroduction of it was one of their first measures.
		Lord Camden's next speech in the House of Lords was in support of the bill to declare the legislative independence of Ireland, which had become necessary from the determined efforts of the Irish "Volunteers," in consequence of moderate and reasonable concessions being long denied to the sister kingdom.
		Lord Camden was of opinion (and, I must say, with due deference to such names as Fox, Burke, and Lord John Cavendish, was rightly of opinion) that there was no sufficient ground for ministers to throw up their employments in a crisis of such danger to the state.
	www.constitution.org /bcp/camden146.htm (4843 words)

	Four Early Pamphlets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I know of nothing that the friends of lord Rockingham have to offer that can be of any weight with them; and, for my own part, I should blush to say a word, that should tend to conciliate their approbation to a system, in which my heart was interested.
		My lord, there are certain offices of sinecure, not dependent upon the caprice of a minister, which this country has reserved to reward those illustrious statesmen, who have spent their lives, and worn out their constitutions in her service.
		You, my lord, were born with that accomplishment of secrecy and retentiveness, which the archbishop of Cambray represents Telemachus as having possessed in so high a degree in consequence of the mode of his education.
	www.blackmask.com /thatway/books139c/fourpam.htm (22384 words)

	Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquess of Rockingham Biography / Biography of Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second ...
		In 1751 Rockingham also succeeded to his father's offices of lord lieutenant of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, was appointed a lord of the bedchamber, and took his seat in the House of Lords.
		During the regency crisis of 1765 Rockingham and the elder William Pitt were approached by the Duke of Cumberland with a view to forming a coalition; and on Pitt's refusal to serve, Rockingham became prime minister.
		Rockingham's relative unimportance in 18th-century politics is reflected by the absence of works devoted to his career.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-charles-watson-wentworth/index.html (592 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		The young duke at once entered into a warm political alliance with the Marquis of Rockingham, and when Lord Rockingham formed his first cabinet in July 1765, the Duke of Portland was appointed lord chamberlain of the household, and sworn of the privy council.
		Throughout the ministry of Lord North the duke remained in opposition, and when, in April 1782, the Marquis of Rockingham returned to power, he was sent to Ireland as lord-lieutenant, and his brother-in-law, Lord John Cavendish, became chancellor of the exchequer.
		He therefore combined with Lord John Cavendish to request the king to make the Duke of Portland prime minister, and when the request was refused they both resigned, and their resignations were followed by those of the duke himself, Burke, and Sheridan.
	www.thepeerage.com /e293.htm (1924 words)

	'The Public Must Look to What is Missing From the Report'
		Lord Hutton was in a position to expose this; he chose not to.
		Dr Kelly became Rockingham's go-to person for translating the often confusing data that came out of UNSCOM into concise reporting that could be forwarded to analysts in the British intelligence community, as well as to political decision-makers.
		Rockingham was in a position to know that, increasingly, the facts emerging from inside Iraq supported Baghdad's contention that there was no longer a biological weapons program in Iraq, or any hidden biological weapons or agents.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views04/0130-02.htm (601 words)

	Lord Rockingham's XI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lord Rockingham's XI Lord Rockingham's XI Lord Rockingham's XI were a group of musicians put together to play as the heavily sax laiden resident band on 'Oh Boy!'.
		Lord Rockingham's XI actually had 13 musicians in all if you included bandleader Harry Robinson and lady organist Cherry Wainer.
		Lord Rockingham's XI remain a delightful, if transient, piece of 1950s fun, and should never have been taken as seriously as some musicians apparently believed they should be.
	www.45-rpm.org.uk /dirl/lordr.htm (377 words)

	A Report on the Life of Edmund Burke
		Rockingham refused to accept Burke’s resignation and for the next seventeen years, in and out of office, Rockingham and Burke remained on the best of terms.
		In 1781, facing defeat in America and the prospect of having to accept a new ministry of Rockingham Whigs, George III is said to have contemplated abdication in favor of his son and heir.
		Lord Percy of Newcastle writes, “Burke was the chief formulator of the modern Christian understanding of true civil freedom: yet he has been until quite recently, almost persistently misunderstood.
	earlyamerica.com /review/2003_summer_fall/ed_burke.htm (5241 words)

	A Defense of the Rockingham Party, Godwin
		The connexion of the earl of Shelburne, that of lord North, the Bedford party, and the Scottish.
		The best answer to this, is, that the parliamentary reform was expresly stipulated by lord Rockingham, in his coalition with the earl of Shelburne, as one of the principles, upon which the Administration of March,1782, was formed.
		Secondly, I would observe that the principal ground of dispute between lord North and his present colleagues in administration was done away by the termination of the American war.
	dwardmac.pitzer.edu /anarchist_archives/godwin/defense/defenserock.html (7652 words)

	LORD ROCKINGHAM's XI
		LORD ROCKINGHAM's XI LORD ROCKINGHAM's XI Lord Rockingham's XI was a group of musicians put together by Scottish bandleader Harry Robinson to play as the resident band on the UK pop television programme "Oh Boy".
		Although most people identified Harry Robinson as Lord Rockingham, this was not the case according to Jack Good, who had created the name as a play on words "rocking 'em".
		Lord Rockingham's XI remain a delightful, if transient, piece of 1950s fun, and should never have been taken as seriously as some musicians apparently believed they should be.
	www.rockabilly.nl /references/messages/lord_rockingham's_xi.htm (502 words)

	Campbell: Lives of the Lord Chancellors: Camden, Ch. 145
		Notwithstanding Lord Camden's despair, arising from the violent policy adopted by the Government, and the passion for coercing the colonists which still prevailed in the nation, he nobly seconded Lord Chatham in all the efforts of that illustrious patriot to bring about a reconciliation between the mother country and the colonies.
		Lord Camden, in his correspondence with the Duke of Grafton, afterwards gives an account of a serious illness of Lord Chatham which was kept secret from the world, and seems to have been a prelude to the closing scene of his glorious career.
		Lord Camden might, no doubt, have resumed it with the full concurrence of all sections of the party, but for twelve long years he had been unaccustomed to daily judicial drudgery; he was now verging upon seventy, and his attacks of the gout were becoming more frequent and more severe.
	www.constitution.org /bcp/camden145.htm (5301 words)

	National Review: Burke, Ireland, and America.(18th century Briti... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		His party leader, Lord Rockingham, heartily approved of the Irish Volunteers, whose peculiar position -- pro-American and anti-French -- though internally strained, was congenial to all the Rockinghams, with the exception of Edmund Burke.
		What rendered it untenable was a motion proposed by Lord John Cavendish on March 8, 1782, declaring "that the calamities and expense of the times have proceeded from want of foresight in the ministers." Unlike previous resolutions, this was a motion of no confidence.
		Rockingham, left to himself, would either have set no precondition at all, which is probable, or would have wrapped up his precondition in such courtly phraseology that the King would later have been able to wriggle out of it.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19751430&... (4133 words)

	Edmund Burke biography: French Revolution reflections
		Rockingham, Lord North, Warren Hastings, Reflections on the Revolution in France
		Although this "Rockingham" administration only remained in office for about a year one measure they did secure was a repeal of the Stamp Act.
		From 1782, and the fall of Lord North, Lord Rockingham briefly headed a ministry and Burke was appointed to a moderately well paid office of state.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /historical/biography/edmund_burke.html (1477 words)

	Benjamin Franklin
		At this time Massachusetts was furiously excited over the attempt of Lord North's government to have the salaries of the judges fixed and paid by the crown instead of the colonial assembly.
		The immediate consequence of that great event was an attempt on the part of Lord North's government to change front, and offer concessions to the Americans, which, if they had ever been duly considered, might even at this late moment have ended in some compromise between England and the United States.
		Lord Shelburne now became prime minister, and other circumstances occurred which simplified the problem, in April the French fleet in the West Indies had been annihilated by Rodney; in September this was followed by the total defeat of the combined French and Spanish forces at Gibraltar.
	www.benjaminfranklin.org (8070 words)

	Lord Rockingham's XI
		Lord Rockingham's XI, the powerhouse resident band behind all the stars on "Oh Boy!" had a unique sound.The name of the band was created by Jack Good as a play on the words 'rocking
		Lord Rockingham's XI's biggest hit was "Hoots Mon", the tune being based on an old traditional Scottish song -"A Hundred Pipers".
		For those of you who missed out on Lord Rockingham first time round this album will be as essential as it is for those of you who remember him well, as the tracks included have been hand-picked to offer the ideal music for parties, dances or even for listening to on your own.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/wolf/31/id57.htm (1091 words)

	GEORGE MONTAGU - Online Information article about GEORGE MONTAGU
		ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, 2ND MARQUESS OF (173o-1782)
		Rockingham, and an active opponent in the See also:
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GAG_GEO/GEORGE_MONTAGU.html (160 words)

	Basil Rathbone, Master of Stage and Screen: Frenchman's Creek
		Dona St. Columb was a woman who was trapped in a loveless, passionless marriage, and therefore sought excitement by drinking in the taverns with her husband's friends and the women of the town.
		Her peace is only interrupted once by a visit from Lord Godolphin (Nigel Bruce), her pompous dunderhead neighbor, to warn her that pirates have been terrorizing the people along the coast.
		Rockingham threatens Dona with being hanged along with the pirate, and she doesn't care.
	basilrathbone.net /films/frenchmanscreek (1228 words)

	Duke of Portland
		For a short period in 1783 the Duke of Portland became leader of the Whig administration.
		The Duke of Portland's government was concerned with the power of the East India Company and in 1783 Charles Fox attempted to persuade Parliament to pass a bill that would replace the company's directors with a board of commissioners.
		When Lord Grenville resigned in 1807 over the refusal of George III to accept Catholic Emancipation, the Duke of Portland agreed to form a new administration.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRportland.htm (351 words)

	Lord Rockingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ord Rockingham, better known among non-Upper Crust fans as Ted Widmer, played with the Marquis de Roque in Mente and the Paesanos before they joined the other three original Crust members to form the Clamdiggers.
		His Upper Crust songs are easily identified by their bright, power-pop sound which distinguishes them from the good-time headbanging that characterizes most of Lord Bendover's tunes.
		Unfortunately, except for one weekend of CD release events in New York City and greater Boston, Ted has had little involvement with the Crust since the March '97 show at Brownies.
	www.juvalamu.com /crust/rockingham.html (419 words)

	Regulus
		Vernon's Spark (Son of Blank), Lord Rockingham's Prospero, the Duke of Bridgewater's Tartar and the Lord Farnham's Admiral over the Round Course.
		Bred by Lord Bolingbroke he was later purchased by Peregrine Wentworth of Tolstone Lodge, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire.
		Turk was bred by Lord Bolingbroke from Thomas Panton's Crab Mare.
	www.bloodlines.net /TB/Bios/Regulus.htm (1488 words)

	ipedia.com: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (May 13, 1730 -July 1, 1782), was an English politician, member of the Whig party, and twice Prime Minister of Great Britain.
		He took his seat in the House of Lords in 1751, following a brief period of military service, and in 1765 was appointed as Prime Minister by King George III following the resignation of Lord North.
		In 1782 he was appointed PM for a second time, and on taking office, acknowledged the independence of the United States, initiating an end to British involvement in the American Revolutionary War.
	www.ipedia.com /charles_watson_wentworth__2nd_marquess_of_rockingham.html (439 words)

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	Sampson
		He was described as standing 15.2 hands with eight and a half inches of bone in front and 9 inches behind, the largest seen to that time.
		1767), bred by Lord Rockingham and later owned by Lord Fitzwilliam, a foundation mare of Family 8-a, and the 2nd dam of the St. Leger winner Pewett (b.f.
		1767), bred by Lord Rockingham, dam of *Sampson (b.c.
	www.bloodlines.net /TB/Bios/Sampson.htm (1198 words)

	AddALL.com - Highlander
		Unwilling to partake in an arranged marriage to the English Lord Rockingham, feisty Sophie D'Alembert attempts to flee to Norway.
		Her fate is changed however, when the ship she is sailing on crashes off the coast of Scotland, and she winds up being cared for by the rather brooding but quite handsome Jamie, the earl of Monleigh.
		Unsure of her situation, but knowing she doesn't want to return to Lord Rockingham, Sophie feigns amnesia--a situation that rouses Jamie's suspicions despite his deep attraction to her.
	www.addall.com /detail/0778323919.html (161 words)

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