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Earl of Rockingham Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The titl ...

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Baron Rockingham Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, ...

* Baronet of Rockingham Castle , noble family = Watson , house-type = , father = Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham , mother = Anne Wentworth , birth_name = , birth_date = 29 December 1655 , birth_place =

Rockingham Castle Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom#Hunting lodge, hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest, approximately two miles from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. History 11th – 14t ...

, christening_date = 25 January 1656 , christening_place = , death_date = {{Death date and age, 1724, 03, 19, 1655, 12, 29, df=y , death_place = , burial_date = 1 April 1724 , burial_place = Rockingham church , occupation = politician , memorials = , website = , module = Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham (29 December 1655 – 19 March 1724) was an English peer and politician. He was the eldest son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham (1630 – 1689) and Anne Wentworth, daughter of

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (13 April 1593 (New Style, N.S.)12 May 1641), was an English people, English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament of England, Parliament ...

.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57 In 1681–1685, Watson was Whig Member of Parliament for

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and for

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briefly in 1689, before having to leave the

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on inheriting his father's barony that year.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57{{sfn, Henning, 1983 Lord Rockingham was

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in 1703–1705, Custos Rotulorum and

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in 1705–1724, Vice-Admiral of Kent in 1705 and Deputy Warden of the

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in 1705–1708. In 1714, he was created Earl of Rockingham.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, pp=57-58 In July 1677, he married Lady Catherine Sondes (d. 1696), a daughter of

George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham 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 Sond ...

.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, pp=57-58{{sfn, Hasted, 1798, pp=38–50 They had five surviving children:{{sfn, Wise, 1891, pp=100–101 * Edward, styled Viscount Sondes (c. 1687 –

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, 20 March 1722), married on 21 March 1708 Lady Catherine Tufton (24 April 1693 – 13 February 1733), daughter of

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and Lady Catherine Cavendish, parents of the

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and 3rd Earls of Rockingham and Catherine Watson (d. April 1765), who married Edward Southwell and had

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. *Hon. George (24 May 1689 – 1735) *Lady Margaret (1695–1751), married

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. *Lady Mary (d. 1737), married Wray Saunderson. *Lady Arabella, married

Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet (1 August 1687 – 7 March 1733), of Waldershare, Kent, and Dover Street, Westminster, was an English Whigs (British political party), Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain, British Hous ...

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, Northamptonshire, seat of the Watson family Memorial to Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham, in St Leonard's Church, Rockingham.jpg, Memorial to Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham (d.1724) in St. Leonard's Church, Rockingham His wife died on 21 March 1696 and was buried at Rockingham. He died on 19 march 1724 and was buried 1 April at Rockingham.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=58 He was succeeded by his grandson,

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*{{cite book , last1=Cokayne , first1=G. E. , author-link1=George Edward Cokayne , date=1949 , editor1-last=White , editor1-first=Geoffrey H. , title=The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times , volume=11 , location=London , publisher=St Catherine Press , pages=56–62 *{{cite book , last1=Hasted , first1=Edward , author1-link=Edward Hasted , date=1798 , chapter=Parishes , chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63389 , title=The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent , volume=7 , publisher=

British History Online ''British History Online'' is a digital library of primary and secondary sources on medieval and modern history of Great Britain and Ireland. It was created and is managed as a cooperative venture by the Institute of Historical Research, Universit ...

*{{cite book , last1=Henning , first1=Basil Duke , editor1-last=Henning , editor1-first=Basil Duke , title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 , date=1983 , chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/watson-hon-lewis-1655-1724 , chapter=Watson, Hon. Lewis (1655-1724), of Rockingham Castle, Northants , via=

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*{{cite book , last1=Wise , first1=Charles , title=Rockingham Castle and the Watsons , date=1891 , publisher=Elliot Stock , location=London , url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t70w1vt9h&view=1up&seq=127 , oclc=902976023

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