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Hon. Thomas Watson, later known as Thomas Watson-Wentworth (17 June 1665 – 6 October 1723), of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1701 and 1723.
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC (I) (13 November 1693 – 14 December 1750) of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 until 1728 when he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Malton.
27 de abr. de 2022 · Lieutenant-General Thomas Wentworth (c. 1693–1747) was a British Army commander of the early 18th century. Commander of the land troops in the amphibious expedition against Cartagena de Indias following the deaths of the original commander, Lord Cathcart, and his second-in-command, General Spotswood, during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
El marquesado de Rockingham fue un título nobiliario británico concedido en 1746 por el rey Jorge II a Thomas Watson-Wentworth, barón Malton. Era hijo del Hon. Thomas Watson y primo del conde de Strafford. Su nombre se refiere al Rockingham Castle, propiedad familiar en Northamptonshire. [1]
Marquess of Rockingham, in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Earl of Malton. The Watson family descended from Lewis Watson, Member of Parliament for Lincoln.
Detail of portrait of Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham and his wife Mary, Marchioness of Rockingham, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, in the Painted Drawing Room at Wentworth. His son, Charles Watson-Wentworth, was the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782).
Biography. Returned in 1715 for the family borough of Malton, Wentworth, like his father, was classed as a Whig who would often vote with the Tories. In his first Parliament all his recorded votes were against the Government, except on the septennial bill, which he supported.
