Born: 1630, 30th June

Place of Birth: Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire.

Died: 22nd June 1689 at Rockingham Castle, Rockingham. Buried 26th June, Rockingham Church.

Parents: Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham and Eleanor Manners, daughter of Sir George Manners.

Marriages: Ann Wentworth, daughter of John Hollis, 1st Earl of Clare, 13th November 1654. The marriage took place at St. Giles-in-the-Fields.

Children:  Lewis Watson 1st Earl of Rockingham 16??, Edward 1657, Eleanor 1659, Arabella 1661, Ann 1663, Thomas 1665,  Elizabeth 1667 and George 1669,

Occupation: 2nd Baron Rockingham. Sat in the House of Lords in 1660.

Notes:  He was Keeper of Corby Woods in 1660. His claims , as owner of the Manor of Little Weldon, to do service as Master of Buckhounds at the Coronations of Charles ll, and James ll, were not allowed.