WATSON-WENTWORTH, CHARLES, 2ND MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, brother of William Watson-Wentworth, Viscount Higham (qv); b. 13 May 1730; adm. Apr 1738 (Morel's); styled Viscount Higham 1739-46, Earl of Malton 1746-50; it is related that on one occasion while he was at school he “dressed himself up in a hoop and petticoat” and hiring a sedan chair called upon Dr. Nicoll, the Head Master, and asked to be shown over the School (Mrs Stirling, ed., The Hothams, ii, 16); served as a volunteer under the Duke of Cumberland during the insurrection of 1745-6 (Lord Albemarle, Fifty Years of my Life, 1876, ii, 331-2); Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1748-50; created Earl of Malton (I) 17 Sep 1750; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Rockingham 14 Dec 1750; a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Jul 1751 – Oct 1762; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire West Riding 18 Jul 1751 – 25 Feb 1763, and from 12 Sep 1765; Vice-Adm., Yorkshire 1755- Jan 1763 and from 1776; KG 6 May 1760; bearer of sceptre and orb at Coronation of George III 22 Sep 1761; resigned from Bedchamber Oct 1762 and dismissed from Lieutenancy and Vice-Admiralty of Yorkshire Jan-Feb 1763; on Pitt’s refusal of office in Jul 1765 Rockingham formed a new administration; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 10 Jul 1765 – Jul 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; annoyed George III by repealing the Stamp Act, refusing allowances to the King’s brothers, and condemning General Warrants; dismissed from office Jul 1766; led opposition in House of Lords 1767-82; declared for the independencve of the American Colonies, and supported Sir George Savile’s bill for the partial enfranchisement of Roman Catholics; formed his second ministry in Mar 1782; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 27 Mar 1782; conceded legislative independence to Ireland and initiated reforms to curtail the power of the Crown; FRS 7 Nov 1751; FSA 13 Feb 1752; member, Society of Dilettanti 1755; Busby Trustee 14 Apr 1763; a prominent Whig politician; a patron of the Turf and owner of Allabaculia, winner of the first St. Leger in 1776; m. 26 Feb 1752 Mary, dau. of Thomas Bright (formerly Liddell), Badsworth, Yorks .; d. 1 Jul 1782. DNB.
Watson-Gandy, Anthony Blethyn, son of Maj. Donald Paul Watson-Gandy MC, Rov. Scots Greys, of Heaves, Westmorland, and Annie Vere, d. of James Gandy Gandy (formerly Brandreth) JP, of Heaves; b. 29 June 1919; adm. May 1933 (G); left July 1938; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1939; a writer; d. 27 June 1952.
WATSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1736; left 1741; d. 1781 [what evidence is there for date of death ?]. [Maybe if so William Watson, Westminster, gentleman, will proved PCC 3 Dec 1781]
Watson, William Henry Clemson, son of Alexander Watson, of Croydon, Surrey, by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of William Henry Clemson, of Manchester; b. July 11, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1909; served in the R.N.A.S. in Great War I; landed at the Dardanelles April 1915; was wounded May 1915 and invalided out of the service.
Watson, Thomas Woodewis, son of John Thomas Watson, of London, solicitor; b. Nov. 28, 1884; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (A); left July 1902; chemical and general merchant, firm, Thomas W. Watson and Co., Eldon Street, London; enlisted in the R.N.A.S. April 1917, transferred to the R.N. Experimental Section at Stratford, Essex; demob. Jan. 1919.
WATSON, THOMAS SIMONS, only son of John Watson, Berners Street, London, surgeon, and Ann Simons (IGI); b. 18 Jan 1813; adm. 14 Jan 1828 (Stikeman's); London Univ.; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Apr 1833, scholar 25 Mar 1834 – 29 Sep 1836; BA 1837; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1832; Secretary, Art Union, for forty-six years; m. 20 Aug 1846 Mary Ann Bravery (IGI); d. 7 Dec 1891. [wife probably dau. of James Bravery (IGI)]
WATSON, SAMUEL, son of James Watson, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; b.; adm. 9 Sep 1776; KS (aged 13) 1777; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 – void by marriage 13 Oct 1787; BA 1785; MA 1792; BD and DD 1806; ordained; Vicar of Whitchurch, Bucks., 22 Dec 1810-2; Rector of Gravesend, Kent, from 18 Jul 1811; Senior Chaplain, Ordnance Dept., Woolwich, from 1 Jul 1812; m.; d. 9 Apr 1837.
WATSON, ROBERT; b.; adm. 4 Jul 1771.
WATSON, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1610, Westminster Student Jan 1610/1-20, Faculty Student from 1620; BA 1614; MA 1617; d. 1635.