Rockingham Whigs

Rockingham Whigs
Rockingham Whigs
Leader	Marquess of Rockingham
Founded	1765
Dissolved	1784
Preceded by	Pittites
Merged into	Portlandites
Headquarters	Northamptonshire
Ideology	Conservatism; Parliamentarism
Political position	Centre-right
	Politics of the United Kingdom; Political parties; Elections;

The Rockingham Whigs (or Rockinghamites) in 18th-century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, from about 1762 until his death in 1782. The Rockingham Whigs briefly held power from 1765 to 1766 and again in 1782, and otherwise were usually in opposition to the various ministries of the period.

^ Guttridge, George Herbert (1942). English Whiggism and the American Revolution. University of California Press. p. 38.
^ Russell, Kirk (2001). The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot. Regnery Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9780895261717.

[1] Guttridge, George Herbert (1942). English Whiggism and the American Revolution. University of California Press. p. 38.

[2] Russell, Kirk (2001). The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot. Regnery Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9780895261717.

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