Born about 1549, he was the eldest son of Edward Watson (d. 1584) of Rockingham and Dorothy, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Montagu (c. 1488–1557) of Boughton and his first wife, Cicely Lane.[1][2]
He married, in April 1567, Anne (d. 1612), daughter of Kenelm Digby (d. 1590) of Stoke Dry, Rutland, with whom he had two sons and eight daughters:[1][3]
Watson was knighted by James I at the Charterhouse on 11 May 1603 and the king was his guest for three days in 1605.[1][4] In 1613 Watson made over his estates to his eldest son, Sir Lewis. He died 1 March 1617 and was buried 4 March at Rockingham.[1][5]
Bennett, Martyn (23 September 2004). "Watson, Lewis, first Baron Rockingham (bap. 1584, d. 1653), landowner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28853. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Metcalfe, Walter C. (1885). A Book of Knights Banneret Knights of the Bath and Knights Bachelor, Made between the Fourth Year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II and Knights Made in Ireland between the Years 1566 and 1698, Together with an Index of Names. London: Mitchell and Hughes. OCLC 5319383.
Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Northamptonshire Made in 1564 and 1618-19, with Northamptonshire Pedigrees from Various Harleian MSS. London: Mitchell and Hughes. pp. 37, 114–115. OCLC 807194019.
Owen, David (1981). "Watson, Edward (c.1549-1617), of Rockingham, Northants". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 – via History of Parliament Online.
Watson, Paula; Sgroi, Rosemary (2010). "Watson, Sir Lewis (1584-1653), of Rockingham Castle, Northants". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (Online ed.).
Wise, Charles (1891). Rockingham Castle and the Watsons. London: Elliot Stock. OCLC 902976023.
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