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ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES W. WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF

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Definitions of ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES W. WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1730-1782), while Prime Minister of England from 1765 to 1766, secured the repeal of the Stamp Act. He became Premier again in 1782 and began the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris with the United States.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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