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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, ...

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James II

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Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham , spouse-type = , issue-type = , issue = ''with Eleanor:''{{Plainlist, *Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham *Grace Watson *Anne Watson *Frances Watson *Elizabeth Watson *Eleanor Watson , issue-link = , iss ...

, successor = Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham , suc-type = , spouse = Anne Wentworth , spouse-type = , issue-type = , issue = {{Plainlist, * Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham *Edward Watson *Thomas Watson *George Watson *Eleanor Watson *Arabella Watson *Anne Watson *Margaret Watson , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , native_name = , styles = , other_titles = Baronet of Rockingham Castle , noble family = Watson , house-type = , father =

, mother = Eleanor Manners , birth_name = , birth_date = 30 June 1630 , 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 = 13 July 1630 , christening_place = Rockingham , death_date = {{Death date and age, 1689, 06, 22, 1630, 06, 30, df=y , death_place = , burial_date = 26 June 1689 , burial_place = Rockingham church , occupation = politician , memorials = , website = , module = Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham (30 June 1630 – 22 June 1689) was an English landowner and peer. He was the only surviving son of

(1584 – 1653) of

and his second wife, Eleanor Manners (1629 – 1696), daughter of Sir George Manners, of

Haddon Hall Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye, Derbyshire, River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Duke of Rutland, Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rut ...

, Derbyshire and Grace Pierrepont, daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57{{sfn, Bennett, 2004 A Whig in politics, he took his seat in the House of Lords in June 1660.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57 He was Keeper of Corby Woods,

Rockingham Forest Rockingham Forest is a former royal hunting forest primarily located in the English county of Northamptonshire, with a small section extending into neighbouring Cambridgeshire. It is an area of some lying between the River Welland and River ...

in 1660. His claims, as owner of the manor of Little Weldon, to do service as

Master of the Buckhounds The Master of the Buckhounds (or Master of the Hounds) was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household. The holder was also His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot. The role was to oversee a hunting pack; a ...

at the

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of Charles II, and at that of James II, were not allowed.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57 He married, on 13 November 1654 at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, Anne Wentworth (1629 – 1696), 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 ...

(1593 – 1641) and Arabella Holles (d. 1631), daughter of

John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (May 1564 – 4 October 1637) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Denzil Holles of Irby upon Humber and Eleanor Sheffield (daughter of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick). His great-grand ...

.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57 They had four sons and four daughters:{{sfn, Wise, 1891, p
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��92 * Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham married Catherine Sondes (d. 1696), 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 ...

. *Edward Watson (4 February 1657 – 2 February 1676). * Thomas Watson (17 June 1665 – 6 October 1723) married Anne Proby, daughter of Sir Thomas Proby of

Elton Hall Elton Hall is a country house in Elton, Cambridgeshire. It has been the ancestral home of the Proby family (sometime known as the Earls of Carysfort) since 1660. The hall lies in an estate through which the River Nene runs. The building inc ...

. *George Watson (b. 26 December 1669) died unmarried. *Eleanor Watson (b. 26 February 1659) married, 23 October 1679, Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh (1652 – 1710) of

Stoneleigh, Warwickshire Stoneleigh, or Stoneleigh-in-Arden, is a small village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Sowe, situated 4.5 miles (7.25 km) south of Coventry and 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Leamington Spa. The population taken at t ...

. *Arabella Watson (18 March 1661 – 1734) married Sir Thomas Oxenden. *Anne Watson (b. 4 February 1663) died unmarried. *Margaret Watson (22 November 1667 – 3 February 1714). Memorial to Anne Wentworth (died 1696) wife of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham, in St Leonard's Church, Rockingham.jpg, Memorial to Anne, née Wentworth, wife of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham WatsonRockinghamArms.svg, Arms of Watson, of

: ''Argent, on a chevron engrailed azure between three martlets sable as many crescents or'' Rockingham Castle entrance.jpg,

, Northamptonshire, seat of the Watson family Neale(1818) p3.172 - Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire.jpg, Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire Memorial in St Leonard's Church, Rockingham.JPG, Memorial in St Leonard's Church, Rockingham, erected by Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham (1584–1653) after the Civil War He died 22 June and was buried 26 June 1689 at Rockingham. He was succeeded in the Barony by his son,

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...

, later created Earl of Rockingham.{{sfn, Bennett, 2004{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57 His widow died 2 January and was buried with her husband at Rockingham 8 January 1696.{{sfn, Cokayne, 1949, p=57

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*{{cite odnb , last1=Bennett , first1=Martyn , title=Watson, Lewis, first Baron Rockingham (bap. 1584, d. 1653), landowner , date=23 September 2004 , doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28853 *{{cite book , last1=Cokayne , first1=George Edward , 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 , page=57 *{{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 , publisher=

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, 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 *{{cite book , last1=Watson , first1=Paula , last2=Sgroi , first2=Rosemary , editor1-last=Thrush , editor1-first=Andrew , editor2-last=Ferris , editor2-first=John P. , title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 , date=2010 , edition=Online , chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/watson-sir-lewis-1584-1653 , chapter=Watson, Sir Lewis (1584-1653), 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=122 , oclc=902976023

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rockingham, Edward Watson, 2nd Baron 1630 births 1689 deaths Barons in the Peerage of England Whig (British political party) politicians