Watson, Lewis, 1728-1795

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Watson, Lewis, 1728-1795

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  • Monson, Henry

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      Dates of existence

      1728-1795

      History

      WATSON, LEWIS, 1ST BARON SONDES, brother of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv); b. 28 Nov 1728; adm. Apr 1737 (as Lewis Monson); (Taylor's); left 1745; assumed surname of Watson in lieu of Monson on inheriting estates in Northamptonshire and Kent of his cousin Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham 26 Feb 1745/6; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1749-50; MP Boroughbridge 23 Apr 1750-4, Kent 1754 – 20 May 1760; Joint Auditor of the Imprest Feb 1754 – Jul 1785, when post abolished; created Baron Sondes 20 May 1760; DL Kent 1746, Northamptonshire 1756 and 1792; member, Society of Dilettanti 1751; m. 12 Oct 1752 Frances, second dau. of Hon. Henry Pelham (b. 1696, qv); d. 30 Mar 1795.

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      Related entity

      Monson, John, 1727-1774 (1727-1774)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB-2014-WSA-12443

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      family

      Type of relationship

      Monson, John, 1727-1774 is the sibling of Watson, Lewis, 1728-1795

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      Pelham, Henry, 1695-1754 (1695-1754)

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      GB-2014-WSA-13690

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      family

      Type of relationship

      Pelham, Henry, 1695-1754 is the father in law of Watson, Lewis, 1728-1795

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      Authority record identifier

      GB-2014-WSA-17778

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      GB 2014

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      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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      Final

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      Full

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      Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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          Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

          The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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