Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham NPG D39826
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by and published by William Dickinson, published by William Austin, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
Statesman and twice Prime Minister. His first ministry, though only lasting thirteen months in 1765-6, was responsible for the repeal of the controversial Stamp Tax placed on the American colonies. Rockingham later supported proposals to grant the colonies independence. His second ministry in 1782 saw Ireland granted its own Parliament and the Royal household curtailed.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










