Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham

Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham

Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham (30 December 1715 – 26 February 1746) was an English nobleman and politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury from 1741 until 1745 when he succeeded to the earldom. He died the next year at the age of thirty.

Titles from birth to death

*The Hon. Thomas Watson (1715-1741)
*The Hon. Thomas Watson, MP (1741-1745)
*The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Rockingham (1745-1746)


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