Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham
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[[File:The Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families, by Charles Philips (1708-1747).jpg|thumb|The Watson-Wentworth and Finch families ([[Charles Philips (artist)|Charles Philips]], c. 1732)]] |
[[File:The Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families, by Charles Philips (1708-1747).jpg|thumb|The Watson-Wentworth and Finch families ([[Charles Philips (artist)|Charles Philips]], c. 1732)]] |
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'''Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham''', [[Order of the Bath|KB]], [[Privy Council of Ireland|PC (I)]] (13 November 1693 – 14 December 1750) of [[Wentworth Woodhouse]], Yorkshire was |
'''Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham''', [[Order of the Bath|KB]], [[Privy Council of Ireland|PC (I)]] (13 November 1693 – 14 December 1750) of [[Wentworth Woodhouse]], Yorkshire was an [[English people|English]] [[British Whig Party|Whig]] politician who sat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] from 1715 until 1728 when he was raised to the [[Peerage]] as [[Baron Malton]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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