Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham

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Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and prominent Yorkshire landowner who served in several high offices under King George II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Whig politician
human
landowner
nobleman
birthDate 1693-06-13
birthPlace Yorkshire
burialPlace York Minster
child Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Lady Anne Watson-Wentworth
Lady Henrietta Alicia Watson-Wentworth
Lady Mary Watson-Wentworth
country Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1750-12-14
deathPlace Grosvenor Square
surface form: Grosvenor Square, London
educatedAt Eton College
St John’s College, Cambridge
familyName Watson-Wentworth
givenName Thomas
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable
honorificSuffix KG
memberOfParliamentFor Malton
Yorkshire
monarchServed George II of Great Britain
nobleTitle Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1st Marquess of Rockingham

Baron Malton
Baronet
Earl of Malton
notableWork expansion of Wentworth Woodhouse
parent Alice Proby
Thomas Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham
politicalParty British Whig Party
surface form: Whig
positionHeld Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire
Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire
Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter
surface form: Knight of the Garter

Lord Lieutenant of the County of the City of York
Lord Lieutenant of the County of the Town of Kingston upon Hull
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Privy Seal
Lord of the Bedchamber
Lord of the Treasury
regionRepresented Yorkshire
religion Church of England
residence Wentworth Woodhouse
spouse Lady Mary Finch

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Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire officeHeldBy Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham father Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham nobleTitle Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1st Marquess of Rockingham
Wentworth Woodhouse notableResident Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham