WENTWORTH, Earls of STRAFFORD

WATSON & WATSON-WENTWORTH, Earls and Marquesses of ROCKINGHAM

Part 1: Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse; Strafford

William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, d.1477; m.Isabel Fitzwilliam

1a) Sir Thomas, of Wentworth Woodhouse, d.5 Dec 1548; m.Mrs Beatrix Drax, née Woodruffe

1b) William, of Wentworth Woodhouse, d.4 Jul 1549; m.Catherine Beeston

1c) Thomas, of Wentworth Woodhouse, d.14 Feb 1587; m.Margaret Gascoigne

1d) Sir William, of Wentworth Woodhouse, cr Baronet 1611 (bap 3 Jul 1562- bur 10 Sep 1614); m.by 1591 Anne Atkinson (bur 23 Jul 1611)

1e) Sir Thomas, of Wentworth Woodhouse, 2^nd Bt., cr 1628 Baron Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, and Baron of Newmarch and Oversley, cr later in 1628 Viscount Wentworth, cr 1640 Baron of Raby [with remainder after his own issue male to his younger brothers and their issue male], and also cr 1640 Baron of Raby and Earl of Strafford; attainted 1641 (London 13 Apr 1593- executed 12 May 1641); m.1^st Londesborough 22 Oct 1611 Lady Margaret Clifford (bur 21 Sep 1622); m.2^nd London 24 Feb 1625 Lady Arabella Holles (d.York 5 Oct 1631); m.3^rd ca Oct 1632 Elizabeth Rodes (d.Hooton Roberts 19 Apr 1688)

[by 2^nd m.]:

1f) William, Lord Raby (Wentworth Woodhouse 8 Jun 1626-16 Oct 1695); in 1641 he was cr Earl of Strafford, Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, Baron of Newmarch and Oversley and Baron of Raby, thus giving him all the titles of his father, but with a later date of precedency; in 1661 his father’s attainder was reversed, thus giving him all his father’s titles with the original dates of precedency; he m.1^st 27 Feb 1655 Lady Henrietta Mary Stanley (17 Nov 1630-London 27 Dec 1685); m.2^nd 18/19 Sep 1694 Henriette de La Rochefoucauld (d.11 Nov 1732); on his death all his titles became extinct except the Barony of Raby, which passed to his heir male, as below; the vast Wentworth Woodhouse estates were left to his nephew Thomas Watson, later Watson-Wentworth (see below, Part 2)

2f) Anne (8 Oct 1629-2 Jan 1696); m.London 13 Nov 1654 Edward Watson, 2^nd Lord Rockingham (see Part 2, below)

3f) Arabella; m.Hon. Justin MacCarty, 1689 Viscount Mountcashell (d.Barèges 1 Jul 1694)

[by 3^rd m.]:

4f) Thomas

5f) Margaret

2e) Sir William, of Ashby Puerorum, k.a. Marston Moor 2 Jul 1644; m.11 Jul 1627 Elizabeth Savile (d.9 Nov 1660)

1f) Sir William (ca 1636-Jun 1692); m.1667 Isabella Apsley

1g) William, d.1693

2g) Thomas (Stanley Hall 1672-Wentworth Castle 15 Nov 1739); in 1695 he succeeded his cousin as 3^rd Lord Raby and 4^th Baronet; he was cr 1711 Earl of Strafford and Viscount Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse and of Stainborough [with remainder, after his own issue male, to his brother Peter and his issue male]; in 1722 he was cr by the Pretender Duke of Strafford; he m. at Bradenham, Bucks, 6 Sep 1711 Anne Johnson (d.19 Sep 1754); notwithstanding his title, he had not inherited the magnificent Wentworth Woodhouse estates (see above); feeling piqued at the loss of what he considered his birthright, he purchased the Stainborough estate a few miles away and erected a spectacular new house there, which came to be called Wentworth Castle

1h) Anne (1713-1797); m.28 Apr 1733 William Conolly, of Castletown (d.3 Jan 1754)

1i) Thomas CONOLLY, of Castletown (1738-27 Apr 1803 [21 Apr 1803, per Leinster Correspondence]); m.30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox (London 24 Nov 1743 [per Collins; 5 Dec 1743, per the editor of the Correspondence of the Dss of Leinster]-Aug 1821)

2i) Catharine, d.4 May 1771; m.23 Feb 1754 Sir Ralph Gore, 6^th Bt., cr 1764 Baron Gore of Manor Gore, cr 1768 Viscount Bellisle of Bellisle, cr 1772 Earl of Ross (23 Nov 1725-1802)

3i) Anne, d.1806; m.5 Mar 1761 George Byng, of Wrotham Park (1735-27 Oct 1789); their son was cr Earl of Strafford in 1847

4i) Harriet, d.31 May 1771; m.14 Jun 1764 Rt. Hon. John Staples, of Lyssan (1 Mar 1736-22 Dec 1820), grandson of Sir Robert Staples, 4^th Bt.; on the death of Lady Louisa Conolly, the Castletown estates went to this Harriet’s grandson, Edward Michael Pakenham, later Conolly

5i) Frances, d.31 Aug 1817; m.2 Jun 1765 Hon. William Howe, who suc 1799 as 5^th Viscount Howe (10 Aug 1729-12 Jul 1814)

6i) Caroline, d.26 Jan 1817; m.London 24 Sep 1770 John Hobart, 2^nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (Greenwich 17 Aug 1723-Blickling 3 Sep 1793)

7i) Lucy (10 Jun 1740- )

8i) Jane, d.1780; m.10 Feb 1770 George Robert Fitzgerald (1748-executed 12 Jun 1786 after conviction for Conspiracy to Murder), son of Lady Mary Hervey; their only child, Mary Anne Fitzgerald, d.1794

2h) William, 2^nd Earl of Strafford [and 2^nd Jacobite Duke of Strafford], etc. (1722-Wentworth Castle 10 Mar 1791); m.28 Apr 1741 Lady Anne Campbell (d.Wentworth Castle 7 Feb 1785); most of his estates went to his sisters, though Wentworth Castle itself went to his cousin, the 3^rd Earl

3h) Lucy, d.27 Apr 1771; m.1747 Sir George Howard (17 Jun 1718-16 Jul 1796)

4h) Henrietta, d.12 Apr 1786; m.1743 Henry Vernon, of Hilton Park (13 Sep 1718- ); her grandson eventually succeeded to the Wentworth Castle estate and took the name Vernon-Wentworth

3g) Peter, of Henbury, d.10 Jan 1739; m.Juliana Horde

1h) William, d.16 Jun 1776, aged 76; m.Susanna Slaughter

1i) Frederick Thomas, 3^rd Earl of Strafford, 5^th Lord Raby, and 6^th Baronet (Henbury 25 Feb 1742-Nottingham 6 Aug 1799); m.Silton, Dorset 17 Sep 1772 Elizabeth Gould (d.Henbury 1 May 1811)

2i) George

3i) Caroline

4) Augusta Anne, d.1802; m.30 May 1772 John Hatfield Kaye, of Hatfield Hall; she had inherited Wentworth Castle on the death of her brother, and left it to the grandson of Lady Henrietta Vernon (above)

2h) Harriet, d.5 Dec 1776; m.Thomas Arundel

4g) Paul, k.a.Namur 1695

5g) Allan, k.a.Liège 23 Oct 1702

6g) Frances Arabella, d.London 16 Mar 1724; m.Sep 1686 Walter Bellew, 2^nd Lord Bellew (d.1694)

7g) Anne; m.James Donelan

8g) Isabella; m.Francis Arnudel

9g) Elizabeth, d.21 Mar 1750, aged 69; m.Hounslow 2 Jun 1722 John Arundell, 4^th Lord Arundel of Trerice (21 Nov 1701- bur 13 Aug 1768)

10g – 11g) 2 more daus

2f) Anne, d.1707; m.Edward Skinner

3e) Sir George, d.ca 1666; m.Anne Ruisshe

1f) Ruisshe, of Sarre (ca 1651-8 Jun 1686); m.1680 Susanna Adye (d.23 Sep 1681)

1g) Mary, d.29 May 1718; m.Thomas Howard, 6^th Lord Howard of Effingham (1682-10/13 Jul 1725)

4e) Mary; m.Sir Richard Hooton

5e) Anne; m.Sir George Savile (dvp 1614), eldest son of Sir George Savile, of Thornhill, Bt.

6e) Elizabeth; m.Lowton Hall 1636 James Dillon, 3^rd Earl of Roscommon (ca 1605-8 Nov 1649)

2d) Elizabeth; m.Thomas Danby, of Farnley

3d) Barbara

4d) Margaret; m.1^st Michael Darcy (dvp 13 Dec 1588), eldest son of John, 2^nd Lord Darcy; m.2^nd Jasper Blythman

5d) Catherine; m.Thomas Gargrave, of Nostel Priory

2b) Gervase

3b) Michael, of Mendham Priory; m.Isabel Whitley

1c) Thomas, of Mendham Priory and of Whitley; m.Susan Hopton

1d) Michael à Wentworths of Woolley

4b) Thomas; m.Grace Gascoigne à issue

5b) Bryan

6b) Elizabeth; m.Ralph Denham

7b) Isabel; m.Nicholas Wombwell

8b) Beatrice; m.Thomas Worrall

2a) Ralph

3a) George

4a) William

5a) Elizabeth; m.1^st Thomas Lea; m.2^nd Henry Arthington

Part 2: Watson; Watson-Wentworth; Rockingham

Edward Watson, of Rockingham Castle, Northants, m.Dorothy Montague and had issue:

1a) Sir Edward, of Rockingham Castle (d.1616); m.Apr 1567 Anne Digby (d.17 Feb 1611)

1b) Sir Lewis, of Rockingham Castle, cr Baronet 1621, cr 1645 Lord Rockingham (1584-5 Jan 1653); m.1^st 1609 Hon. Catherine Bertie (d.15 Feb 1611); m.2^nd 3 Oct 1620 Eleanor Manners (d.London 23 Oct 1679)

1c) Edward, 2^nd Lord Rockingham (30 Jun 1630-22 Jun 1689); m.London 13 Nov 1654 Lady Anne Wentworth (8 Oct 1629-2 Jan 1696)

1d) Lewis, 3^rd Lord Rockingham, cr 1714 Earl of Rockingham, Viscount Sondes, and Baron of Throwley (29 Dec 1655-Rockingham 19 Mar 1724); m.Jul 1677 Lady Catherine Sondes (d.21 Mar 1696); she was heiress to the estates of her family

1e) Edward, Viscount Sondes (1686-20 Mar 1722); m.21 Mar 1709 Lady Catharine Tufton (24 Apr 1693-13 Feb 1734)

1f) Lewis, 2^nd Earl of Rockingham (ca 1714-4 Dec 1745); m.10 Apr 1736 his cousin Katherine (d.17 Dec 1766), dau of Sir Robert Furnese, 2^nd Bt.

2f) Thomas, 3^rd Earl of Rockingham (30 Dec 1715-Rockingham 26 Feb 1746)

3f) Edward

4f) Catherine; m.Edward Southwell (1705-1755)

2e) George (d.1735)

3e) Mary; m.Wray Saunderson (heir presumptive to his grandfather, 5^th Viscount Castleton, but predeceased him)

4e) Anne (d.young)

5e) Arabella, d.5 Sep 1727; m.Sir Robert Furnese, of Waldershare, 2^nd Bt. (1 Aug 1687-7 Mar 1733)

6e) Margaret (1696-London 24 Feb 1752); m.London 8 Apr 1725 John Monson, Lord Monson (ca 1693-London 18 Jul 1748); their second son inherited most of the estates of the 3^rd Earl of Rockingham, and was cr Lord Sondes

2d) Edward

3d) Eleanor (Rockingham 26 Feb 1659-Stoneleigh 23 Jul 1705); m.Rockingham 23 Oct 1679 Thomas Leigh, 2^nd Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh (1652-12 Nov 1710)

4d) Thomas, took surname Watson-Wentworth on inheriting the estates of the Wentworth family (17 Jun 1665-6 Oct 1723); m.Alice (1673- ), dau of Sir Thomas Proby, Bt.

1e) Thomas, cr 1728 Lord Malton, cr 1734 Earl of Malton, Viscount Higham, Baron Wath and Baron Harrowden, 6^th Lord Rockingham 1746, cr 1746 Marquess of Rockingham (Tidmington, Worcs 13 Nov 1693-Wentworth-Woodhouse 14 Dec 1750); m.22 Sep 1716 Lady Mary Finch (d.30 May 1761)

1f) son (d. Leyden Aug 1734)

2f) son

3f) son

4f) William, Viscount Higham (1728-16 Aug 1739)

5f) Charles, 2^nd Marquess of Rockingham, cr 1750 Earl Malton, Prime Minister (13 May 1730-1 Jul 1782); m.London 26 Feb 1752 Mary Bright (d.Hillingdon House 19 Dec 1804), gdau of John Liddell, later Bright [son of Sir H Liddell, 3^rd Bt., and heir of his mother’s father, Sir John Bright, Bt.]

6f) Anne (d.London 29 Aug 1769); m.London 22 Jun 1744 William Fitzwilliam, 3^rd Earl Fitzwilliam (15 Jan 1720-10 Aug 1756); their family inherited the great estates at Wentworth Woodhouse and added the surname Wentworth

7f) Mary; m.31 May 1764 John Milbanke (ca 1725-1806), son of Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4^th Bt.

8f) Henrietta Alicia (7 Dec 1737- ); m.21 Oct 1764 William Sturgeon (1741-1831), said to have been her footman

5d) George

6d) Arabella, d.14 Jan 1735; m.Sir James Oxenden, 2^nd Bt. (ca 1643-29 Sep 1708)

7d) Anne

8d) Margaret

2c) Grace (d.1658); m.Edward Barkham [later, 2^nd Bt.] (d.1688)

3c) Frances; m.Edward Dineley, of Charleton; their dau Helen m.Sir Edward Goodere, Bt.

4c) Eleanor; m.Sir Charles Dymoke, of Scrivelsby (d.ca 1688)

2b) Edward (d.1658)

3b) Anne; m.Sir Charles Norwich

4b) Emma; m.John Grant

5b) Mary; m.Sir Anthony Mayney, of Linton

6b) Elizabeth, bur 26 Jun 1637; m.1^st Sir John Needham, of Lichborough; m.2^nd Sir Edward Tyrell, Bt. (d.2 Jul 1656)

7b) Catherine; m.Thomas Palmer, of Carlton

2a) Catherine; m.Arthur Broke

Part 3

(This family is related to that in Part 1)

George Wentworth, of West Bretton, bur 7 Jun 1638; m.Mary Ashburnham; this family is said to be a cadet of the Wentworths of Wentworth Woodhouse

1a) William, d.22 Oct 1642

2a) Sir Thomas, of Bretton (ca 1615-5 Dec 1675), cr Baronet 1664, with a special remainder, failing his own issue male, to his brother Matthew and his issue male; he m.Grace Popeley (d.30 Mar 1698), later wife of 8^th Earl of Eglinton

3a) Sir Matthew, 2^nd Bt., d.1 Aug 1678; m.1^st 23 Sep 1641 Judith Horn (dsp, bur 10 Mar 1643); m.2^nd before 1663 Mrs Judith Thorpe, née Rhodes; m.3^rd 18 Sep 1676 Anne Osbaldeston (bap 19 Mar 1656- )

1b) [ex 2] Sir Matthew, 3^rd Bt. (ca 1665-Feb 1706); m.22 May 1677 Elizabeth Osbaldeston (bap 13 Apr 1658-bur 22 Jan 1694), sister of his stepmother

1c) Matthew, d.1692

2c) Sir William, 4^th Bt. (bap 29 Oct 1686-1 Mar 1763); m.23 Jun 1720 Diana (bur 14 Apr 1742), dau of Sir William Blacket, Bt. à 9 children, of whom:

1d) Sir Thomas, 5^th Bt., took surname BLACKETT (bap 12 Apr 1726-10 Jul 1792)

1e) [illegitimate] Diana; m.Thomas Richard Beaumont; she inherited most of her father’s estates and left issue

2e) [illegitimate] Sophia; m.William Lee, of Grove Hall

3e) [illegitimate] Louisa; m.William Stackpoole

2d) Diana; m.Godfrey Bosvile; the Gunneston [or Gunthwaite] estate was inherited by her son, and then her dau, the wife of Lord Macdonald

3d) Elizabeth; m.James Watson

4d) Julia; m.1760 Rev. John de Chair

5d) Arabella

3c) Thomas (ca 1693-Nov 1747); m.3 Jul 1720 Elizabeth Lord

4c) Grace; m.Thomas Staines, of Sowerby

5c) Anne; m.Thomas Hassell, of Thorp

6c) Elizabeth

Part 4

(This family is related to those in Parts 1 and 3)

Roger Wentworth, of Nettlestead, d.ca 1452; m.by 25 Jun 1423 Margery (d.20 Apr 1478), by modern doctrine de jure 3^rd Baroness le Despenser, dau of Sir Philip de Despenser, de jure 2^nd Lord, and gdau of 1^st Lord le Despenser (who was summoned to Parliament 1387), and widow of John de Roos, Lord Roos

1a) Sir Philip, of Nettlestead, dvm, executed 18 May 1464; m.Mary, dau of John de Clifford, Lord Clifford

1b) Sir Henry, of Nettlestead, suc his grandmother 1478 as de jure 4^th Lord le Despenser, d.1499/1501; m.1^st Anne Say; m.2^nd ca 1494 Elizabeth Neville (ca 1464-dsps Sep 1517), dau of Marquess of Montagu, and widow of 6^th Lord Scrope of Masham

1c) [ex 1] Sir Richard, of Nettlestead, de jure 5^th Lord le Despenser, d.17 Oct 1528; m.Anne Tyrrell

1d) Sir Thomas, of Nettlestead, de jure 6^th Lord le Despenser, cr 1529 Lord Wentworth (though it is unknown whether the creation was by writ of summons, or by patent, or by other means);he was b.1501 and d.3 Mar 1551; he m.ca 1520 Margaret Fortescue

1e) Thomas, 2^nd Lord Wentworth, and de jure 7^th Lord le Despenser (1525-13 Jun 1584); m.1^st 9 Feb 1546 Mary Wentworth (dsp ca 1554; below); m.2^nd 1555/6 Anne Wentworth (below)

1f) William (1555/6-7 Nov 1582); m.26 Feb 1582 Elizabeth Cecil (1 Jul 1564-Apr 1583), dau of Lord Burghley

2f) Henry, 3^rd Lord Wentworth, and de jure 8^th Lord le Despenser (1558-16 Aug 1593); m.ca 1585 Anne Hopton (bur 10 May 1625), later wife of Sir William Pope, Bt. [himself later cr Earl of Downe]

1g) Thomas, 4^th Lord Wentworth, and de jure 9^th Lord le Despenser (1591-25 Mar 1667), cr 1626 Earl of Cleveland; m.1^st shortly before 1612 Anne Crofts (d.16 Jan 1638); m.2^nd before 25 Oct 1638 Lucy (d.23 Nov 1651), dau of Sir John Wentworth, Bt. (see Part 5)

1h) Thomas, called to the House of Lords 1640 in his father’s Barony, whereby he became 5^th Lord Wentworth (bap 2 Feb 1613-1 Mar 1665); m. before 21 March 1658 Philadelphia Carey (d.4 May 1696)

1i) Henrietta Maria, who possibly suc her father in 1665 as 6^th Baroness Wentworth, or, if the Barony reverted in 1665 to the 4^th Lord then she suc in 1667; she suc in 1667 as de jure 10^th Baroness le Despenser; she was long-time mistress of the Duke of Monmouth, and dsp, unmarried, 23 Apr 1686; note that though it is unknown how the Wentworth barony was originally created, it has always been treated as one by writ, descendible to females but subject to abeyances in the case of co-heirs

2h) Anne, 7^th Baroness Wentworth and de jure 11^th Baroness le Despenser (bap 29 Jul 1623-7 May 1697); m.11 Jul 1638 John Lovelace, 2^nd Lord Lovelace of Hurley (ca Feb 1616-14 Nov 1670)

1i) John LOVELACE, 2^nd Lord Lovelace, dvm 1693; m.Martha, dau of Sir Edmund Pye, Bt.

1j) Martha LOVELACE, 8^th Baroness Wentworth and de jure 12^th Baroness le Despenser (ca 1667-dsp 18 Jul 1745); m.11 Mar 1693 Sir Henry Johnson, of Friston Hall and Bradenham (ca 1661-29 Sep 1719)

2i) Margaret LOVELACE (ca 1644-14 Apr 1671); m.1660 Sir William Noel, 2^nd Bt. (1642-13 Apr 1675); the further descent of the Wentworth and le Despenser Baronies can be followed through the Noel family and their descendants; they are now held by the Earl of Lytton

3h) [ex 2] Katherine, dsp, bur 21 May 1670; m.ca 1661 William Spencer, of Cople

3f) Cecily; m.Sir Robert Wingfield

2e) Jane, d.16 Apr 1614; m.Henry Cheney, Lord Cheney of Toddington (bur 3 Sep 1587);she left Toddington to her great-nephew, the Earl of Cleveland (above)

2c) Margery; m.Sir John Seymour

3c) Elizabeth; m.1^st Sir Roger D’Arcy; m.2^nd Sir John Wyndham, of Felbrigg

2a) Henry

1b) son

1c) Sir John, of Gosfield, d.15 Sep 1567

1d) Mary, d.ca 1554; m.9 Feb 1546 Thomas, 2^nd Lord Wentworth (above)

2c) son?; the 2^nd Lord Wentworth m. 2ndly Anne Wentworth, said to have been cousin of Mary, his first wife, though whether she was a first cousin is unclear

Part 5

Sir John Wentworth, of Gosfield, cr Baronet 1611 (ca 1583-Oct 1631); m.Catharine Finch (bur 26 Sep 1639)

1a) son, d.young

2a) Cicely, bur 1 Feb 1668; m.1619 William Grey, Lord Grey of Warke (d.29 Jul 1674)

3a) Lucy, d.23 Nov 1651; m.1638 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland (see Part 4)

4a) dau

5a) dau

Part 6

Thomas Wentworth, of North Elmshall, d.10 May 1653; m.Agnes, dau of Sir Henry Bellingham, Bt.

1a) Sir John, of North Elmshall, d.4 Jun 1671; m. Mrs Catherine Lister, née Norcliffe, later wife of Earl of Winchilsea

1b) Thomas, of North Elmshall (bap 26 Feb 1670-8 Aug 1689)

2a) Henry, of Brodsworth (ca 1647-bur 28 Oct 1684); m.Susan Bradshaw

1b) Sir John, of North Elmshall, cr Baronet 1692 (bap 18 Nov 1673-25 Apr 1720); m.1^st 1692 Hon. Mary Lowther (dspm 16 Apr 1706); m.2^nd by 1710 Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (bur 29 Aug 1741)

1c) [ex 1] Catherine; m.Hugh Cholmeley, of Whitby Abbey

2c) [ex 2] Sir Butler Cavendish, 2^nd Bt. (ca 1710-3 Dec 1741); m.Bridget (d.3 Sep 1774), dau of Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4^th Bt.

3a) Dorothy; m.Edward Gower

Part 7

Sir John Wentworth, cr Baronet 1795 (ca 1737-8 Apr 1820); m.by 1774 his first cousin Frances Wentworth (d.14 Feb 1813)

1a) Sir Charles Mary, 2^nd Bt. (18 Jan 1775-10 Apr 1844)