Thomas Watson-Wentworth (1665-1723) - Find a Grave Memorial

Thomas Watson-Wentworth

Birth

4 Aug 1665

Death

6 Oct 1723 (aged 58)

Great Harrowden, Wellingborough Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Burial

York Minster

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Plot

Earl of Strafford's Vault

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Inscription

The Honble. THOMAS WATSON WENTWORTH
third son of Edward Lord Rockingham
by Anne eldest daughter Thomas Earl of
Strafford and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
He succeeded to the ancient estate of the Wentworth family by the last will of his uncle William Earl of Strafford; He married Alice the only daughter of Sir Thomas Proby of Elton in Huntingtonshire, by whom he had one son Thomas Lord Malton and two daughters who died in their infancy. He departed this life at Harrowden in Northamptonshire October 6, 1723, Aetat. 58. His virtues were equal to his descent by abilities he was formed for publick, by inclination determined to private life if that life can be called private, which was daily employed in successive acts of benefice to the publick. He was in religion exemplary, in senate impartial, in friendship sincere, in domestick relation the best husband, the most indulgent father. His justly afflicted relict and son Thomas Lord Malton, to transmit the memory of so great worth to future times, erected this monument.