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===[[name::Thomas]] [[name::Watson]] [[name::WENTWORTH]], 1st [[personal title::Marquess of Rockingham]] [[date of birth::1693]]-[[date of death::1750]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Tidmington, Worcestershire]], Wentworth was a grandson of [[family::Edward Watson]], second Baron Rockingham (1630–1689), of Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire and his wife [[family::Anne Wentworth|Anne]], the daughter of the royalist politician [[family::Thomas Wentworth]]. He was admitted to [[education::St John’s College, Cambridge]], in 1707, and left the University with an MA in 1708. He entered the [[occupation::MP|House of Commons]] in the Whig interest for the constituency of [[location::Malton]] (1715–27) and Yorkshire (1727–8), serving until elevation to the [[organisations::House of Lords]] in 1728 first as [[personal title::Baron Malton]], and in 1734 as [[personal title::Earl of Malton]]. In 1746 he succeeded to the Rockingham title, as sixth baron, and was advanced to the rank of marquess. In 1716, he married Mary, the daughter of the Tory politician Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. Their son, [[family::Charles Watson-Wentworth]], 2nd Marquess of Rockingham became Prime Minister.

====Books====
The Foyle Special Collections Library at King's College London has a book identified asa belonging to Wentworth by an inscription on the added title page of ''Les forces de l'Europe, ou Description des principales villes, avec leurs fortifications dessignées par les meilleurs ingenieurs...'' (OVERSIZE UG400 FOR).

====Characteristic Markings====
The inscription of the aforementioned book reads: "Thomas Wentworth Col. St. Joh. Canb. 1710 pre 1-10-0. TW." The copy bears additionally an armorial bookplate of his descendant, William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943).

====Sources====
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*Farrell, S. M. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28878 "Wentworth, Charles Watson-, second marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782), prime minister."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
*"WATSON WENTWORTH, Thomas (1693-1750), of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. 
*Venn, J. and J. A., ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Cambridge, 1922.
*Information from King’s College London, Foyle Special Collections Library.
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