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Earl of Rockingham Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

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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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Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , native_name = , styles = , other_titles = , noble family = Watson , house-type = , father = Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of R ...

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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 knig ...

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 lodge in Rockingham Forest approximately two miles north from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire. History 11th – 14th centuries The site on which the castle stands was used in th ...

, 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 = , 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 ( N.S.)12 May 1641), was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1 ...

.{{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,

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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 Catherine Sondes (d. 1696), a 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 ...

.{{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

Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC (30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729)G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, ...

and Lady Catherine Cavendish, parents of the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Rockingham and Catherine Watson (d. April 1765), who 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

Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de 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 ...

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

John Monson, 1st Baron Monson John Monson, 1st Baron Monson (c. 169318 July 1748), known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician. Life He was the son of George Monson of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Anne, daughter of Charles Wren of t ...

. *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 Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1733. Furnese was the son of Sir Henry Fu ...

. 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,

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 Radiohead ...

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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 , pp=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, Universi ...

*{{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=

, 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=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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