Lewis Watson, 2nd Baron Sondes

Lewis Thomas Watson, 2nd Baron Sondes (18 April 1754 – 21 June 1806), was a British Whig politician and peer.

However, the by-election in January 1776 was contested by Christopher Atkinson, and proved unexpectedly expensive; Sondes paid £3,600 and complained to Rockingham when bills came for a further £1,200 later in the year.

[1] Watson was a faithful member of Rockingham's opposition to the North ministry, but never spoke in the Commons.

[6] Sondes sold the manor of Garthorpe, Leicestershire to Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart in 1803.

[9] When a number of volunteer regiments were raised after the breakdown of the Peace of Amiens, Sondes was commissioned lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Lees Court Volunteer Infantry on 27 September 1803,[10] and colonel of the 2nd East Kent or Lath of Scray and Wingham Regiment of Local Militia on 20 October.