WATSON, Edward (1630-89)

b. 30 June 1630, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir Lewis Watson^†, bt. (later Bar. Rockingham), and 2nd w. Eleanor (d.1679), da. of Sir George Manners^‡, sis. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland. educ. unknown. m. 24 Nov. 1654, Anne (d.1695), da. of Thomas Wentworth^†, earl of Strafford, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. C. Wise, Rockingham Castle and the Watsons, 91–92; Collins, Peerage (1709) 427-8. d. 22 June 1689; admon. 9 July 1689, 28 Jan. 1696. TNA, PROB 11/458.