Resultado da Busca
Mary Watson-Wentworth, Marchioness of Rockingham (née Liddell, later Bright; 1735 – 19 December 1804) was the wife of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was prime minister of Great Britain in 1782 and again from 1765 to 1766.
The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to...
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Sheffield City ArchivesWWM2West Yorkshire Archive Service, LeedsRA3Sheffield City ArchivesWWM4British Library, Manuscript CollectionsAdd MSS 32886-33072 passimMarquess 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.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Death of Mary Watson-Wentworth, Marchioness of Rocki... Hillingdon House, Uxbridge. Genealogy for Mary Watson-Wentworth (Bright) (1736 - 1804) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- 1736
- Michael Lawrence Rhodes
- April 28, 2022
- Early Life
- Career
- Family
Watson-Wentworth was born at Tidmington, Worcestershire the only son and heir of Thomas Watson (later Watson-Wentworth, the third son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham) and his wife, Alice Proby, a daughter of Sir Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet. He was admitted at St John's College, Cambridge on 15 May 1707 and was awarded MA in 1708. In 1708, he b...
At the 1715 general election, Watson-Wentworth was elected in a contest as Member of Parliament for the family borough of Malton. He was returned again unopposed at the 1722 general election. On the death of his father in 1723 he set himself up as leader of the Whigs in Yorkshire. In 1725, he was appointed a Knight of the Bath. At the 1727 general ...
Lord Rockingham died on 14 December 1750, according to Walpole 'drowned in claret', and was buried in York Minster.He and his wife Lady Mary Finch (1701–1761) had five children: 1. William, styled Viscount Higham (1728–1739). 2. Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782), Prime Minister of Great Britain. 3. Lady Anne (d. 1769), married William...
"Wentworth, Mary Watson- [née Mary Bright], marchioness of Rockingham (bap. 1735, d. 1804), political wife" published on by Oxford University Press.
13 de out. de 2020 · This study considers three noblewomen – Lady Amelia Hume (1751–1809), Jane Barrington (1733–1807), and Mary Watson-Wentworth, Marchioness of Rockingham (c. 1735–1804) – whose contributions to plant...
