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Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham {{Infobox noble , name = Lewis Watson , title = Earl of Rockingham , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = no , succession = , rei ...

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, burial_date = 31 March 1722 , burial_place = Rockingham church , occupation = politician , memorials = , website = , module = Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes (3 July 1686 – 20 March 1722) of Lees Court,

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, Kent, and Park Place, London, was a British Whig politician who sat in the

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between 1708 and 1722.{{sfn, Handley, 2002 Watson was the eldest son of

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and Catherine Sondes, daughter of

George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham Sir George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham KB (November 1599 – 16 April 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1626 and 1676 and was then created a peer and member of the House of Lords. Life So ...

. He matriculated at

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on 1 June 1703, aged 16 and travelled abroad to Germany in 1707.{{sfn, Handley, 2002{{sfn, Foster, 1891, pp=1577–1600 Watson arrived back from Germany in 1708, in time to be elected as a Whig

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for

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at the

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. He proposed a motion on 25 January 1709 for an address to the Queen that she should consider remarrying. He also supported the naturalization of the Palatines. He was appointed to a committee to draft a bill to limit the time allowed for public mourning, since this was felt to be having an adverse effect on Canterbury's silk trade. He also voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell and possibly in consequence he lost his seat at the

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. He was returned unopposed as MP for

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at a by-election on 20 April 1713. Following his father's elevation as

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in 1714, he was styled

. In 1718, he went over to the Opposition and in 1719 he was appointed a

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.{{sfn, Handley, 2002 He married, on 21 March 1709, Catherine Tufton, eldest daughter of

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in 1709, and had three sons and a daughter:{{sfn, Handley, 2002{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=58{{sfn, Wise, 1891,
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Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham {{Infobox noble , name = Lewis Watson , title = Earl of Rockingham , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = no , succession = , rei ...

, no issue *

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, no issue * Edward Watson, no issue * Catherine Watson, married

Edward Southwell Edward Southwell may refer to: * Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (1738–1777), British politician * Edward Southwell Sr. (1671–1730), Irish politician * Edward Southwell Jr. (1705–1755), Irish politician {{hndis, Southwell, Edward ...

and had issue. Watson died of

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20 March and was buried 31 March 1722 at Rockingham, predeceasing his father by 2 years.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=58 In 1729 his widow and her four sisters became co-heiresses to the Barony of Clifford.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1913,
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, wife of

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, but following her death without surviving issue in 1775 the barony was restored in favour of Viscount Sondes' grandson,

Edward Southwell, 20th Baron Clifford Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (6 June 1738 – 1 November 1777) was a British politician. Early life Southwell was born on 6 June 1738 as the only son and heir of Lady Katherine Watson and Edward Southwell Jr. (1705–1755). His fa ...

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