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9 de may. de 2024 · Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham (born May 13, 1730—died July 1, 1782, London) was the prime minister of Great Britain from July 1765 to July 1766 and from March to July 1782. He led the parliamentary group known as Rockingham Whigs, which opposed Britain’s war (1775–83) against its colonists in North America .
14 de nov. de 2018 · The Origins of the Gascoigne Family. In January 2013, I began work on a PhD project that sought to piece together the early history of the Gascoigne family – a prominent medieval and early modern gentry family of the West Riding. Statue of ‘The Hon. Thomas Watson-Wentworth’ in York Minster. Many from Yorkshire may recognise the name from ...
23 de jun. de 2020 · The manors of Old and New Malton were purchased from the heirs of the Eure family by the Hon. Thomas Wentworth in 1713, and additional burgages were acquired over the next ten years. The estate was further enlarged by his son, Sir Thomas Watson Wentworth, who was created Lord Malton in 1728, Earl of Malton in 1733 and 1 st Marquess of Rockingham in 1746.
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG (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 1632 to 1640 he was Lord Deputy of Ireland, where he established a strong authoritarian rule.
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1er marquis de Rockingham, KB, PC (I) (13 novembre 1693 - 14 décembre 1750) de Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, est un homme politique britannique whig qui siégea à la Chambre des communes de 1715 à 1728 à la Chambre des Lords en tant que baron Malton.
Er wurde als achtes Kind von insgesamt zehn von Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1. Baron Malton, im Wentworth Woodhouse bei Rotherham geboren. Zu seinen Vorfahren gehörte Thomas Wentworth, 1. Earl of Strafford. Sein Vater wurde 1733 zum Earl of Malton und 1746 zum Marquess of Rockingham in der Peerage of Great Britain erhoben.
Thomas Watson-Wentworth (17 June 1665-6 October 1723) was the Whig MP for Bossiney in 1701, for Higham Ferrers from 1703 to 1713, for Malton from 1713 to 1722, and for Higham Ferrers from 1722 to 1723. He was the son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham and the father of Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, and he was a conservative Whig who often voted with the Tories later ...
