Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham (1693-1750), was a British peer and Whig Politician. He was mentioned in letter 4256, as is his youngest daughter, Henrietta Alicia, who was ill and successfully treated for her illness by Sloane.
At the time of the letter he was Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire , but he held a number of other positions in his life including Member of Parliament for Malton from 1715 to 1727, a Knight of the Bath in 1725, and a Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1733 to 1750.
Reference:
Thomas Short to Hans Sloane, 1731-04-03, Sloane MS 4051, f. 218, British Library, London.
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watson-Wentworth,_1st_Marquess_of_Rockingham, accessed 21/08/2017]
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