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Hace 4 días · Thomas Watson was the third son of Edward Watson, second Lord Rockingham, by Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Wentworth, first Earl of Strafford, and took the name of Wentworth in 1695 on inheriting the vast estates of his mother.
13 de may. de 2024 · On a hill in the north of the park is a pyramidal building erected by Thomas, Marquess of Rockingham, to commemorate the suppression of the rebellion in 1745, and the pacification of Europe by the treaty of Aix la Chapelle in 1748.
Hace 5 días · Designed in the late 18th century by Palladian architect Henry Flitcroft, who also devised Alfred’s Tower at Stourhead and Fort Belverdere at Windsor, and commissioned by the Thomas Watson Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, it forms one in a series of decorative buildings erected to mark the end of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion as a result of the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden ...
Hace 5 días · Thomas, who died in 1723, was succeeded by his son Sir Thomas Watson-Wentworth, created Lord Malton in 1728, Earl of Malton in 1733 and Marquess of Rockingham in 1746. He was father of Charles Marquess of Rockingham, who succeeded him in 1750, was twice prime minister, and died childless in 1782.
9 de may. de 2024 · Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham 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. He succeeded
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3 de may. de 2024 · Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Earl of Malton later 1st Marquess of Rockingham (1693–1750) Luke Gardiner (b. by 1690–1755) Edward Walpole (1706–1784) Thomas Pearce (b. after 1664–1739) 1738. 1739. Robert Napier (c. 1666–1739) James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (1686–1744) Robert Jocelyn (c. 1688–1756) 1740
Hace 3 días · He enjoyed his honors but a short time, for he died in the February following, 1746, unmarried, upon which the title of earl, &c. became extinct, and the barony of Rockingham descended to his kinsman Thomas Watson Wentworth, earl of Malton, afterwards created Marquis of Rockingham.
