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"Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (1730 aa 1782), was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Whig Prime Minister of Great Britain. He served in only two high offices during his lifetime (Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords), but was nonetheless very influential during his one and a half years of service. Upon taking office, he acknowledged the independence of the United States, initiating an end to British involvement in the Revolutionary War. Scan from Lodge's Portraits published in 1835, engraved by W.T.Mote after the original painting by Joshua Reynolds."