Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. From 1621 to 1645 when he received his peerage he was known as Sir Lewis W
Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire, seat of the Watson family
Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire
Memorial in St Leonard's Church, Rockingham, erected by Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham (1584-1653) after the Civil War
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Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest, approximately two miles from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire, England.
Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham
…cause in the English Civil War and for his services was created Baron Rockingham in 1645. Watson was the son of Sir Edward Watson (c. 1549 – 1617) of Rockingham Castle and Anne Digby, daughter of Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry, Rutland. He was baptised at Rockingham on 14 July 1584. He matriculated at Magdalen College…
Inside Rockingham Castle