Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham
- Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC (I) (13 November, 1693 – 14 December, 1750) was a British peer and Whig politician.
Watson-Wentworth was the only son and heir of Hon. Thomas Watson (later Watson-Wentworth, the third son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham) and his wife, Alice, a daughter of Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet.
From 1715–27, Watson-Wentworth was Member of Parliament for Malton and for Yorkshire from 1727–8. In 1725, he was appointed a Knight of the Bath, admitted to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1733 and was Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1733–50. In 1728, he was created Baron Malton, in 1734, Earl of Malton and in 1746, Marquess of Rockingham. He had inherited the barony of Rockingham from his cousin, Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham earlier in 1746.
Family
On 22 September, 1716, Rockingham had married Lady Mary Finch, a daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and his second wife, Ann. They had five children:
*William, styled Viscount Higham (1728-1739)
*Hon. Charles, later styled Viscount Higham, later still 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), Prime Minister of Great Britain.
*Lady Anne (d. 1769), married William FitzWilliam, 3rd Earl FitzWilliam.
*Lady Mary, married John Milbanke.
*Lady Henrietta Alicia, married William Sturgeon.
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