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.
WATSON, RICHARD, son of Thomas Watson, Rotherham Yorks.; b.; adm. 17 Jun 1772; left Easter 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1775, aged 17.
WATSON, LEWIS, 1ST BARON SONDES, brother of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv); b. 28 Nov 1728; adm. Apr 1737 (as Lewis Monson); (Taylor's); left 1745; assumed surname of Watson in lieu of Monson on inheriting estates in Northamptonshire and Kent of his cousin Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham 26 Feb 1745/6; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1749-50; MP Boroughbridge 23 Apr 1750-4, Kent 1754 – 20 May 1760; Joint Auditor of the Imprest Feb 1754 – Jul 1785, when post abolished; created Baron Sondes 20 May 1760; DL Kent 1746, Northamptonshire 1756 and 1792; member, Society of Dilettanti 1751; m. 12 Oct 1752 Frances, second dau. of Hon. Henry Pelham (b. 1696, qv); d. 30 Mar 1795.
WATSON, JOHN HERBERT, son of William Watson, Hedon, Yorks., solicitor, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Matthews, Hedon, Yorks.; b. 31 Aug 1857; adm. 22 Sep 1870 (G); QS 1872; left May 1876; adm. solicitor Feb 1881; practised at Hedon, Yorks.; emigrated to New Zealand 1885; m. 2 Mar 1882 Jane Binning, eldest dau. of Andrew Usher, Blackford Park, Edinburgh.
Watson, John Frederick Johnston, son of Johnston Watson, of Brondesbury, Middlesex, barrister-at-law; b. March 18, 1891; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); left. July 1909; 2nd Lieut. Gordon Highlanders 1910; Capt. 3rd Batt. Aug. 10, 1914; served in France 1914-18 and with the Military Mission to the Baltic States 1919; 2nd Lieut. General List Sept. 12, 1940; served in Intelligence to 1945; called to the bar at the Middle Temple April 28, 1920; served on a League of Nations Commission to Poland 1920-4; Secretariat, League of Nations 1924-35; asst. secretary British Commonwealth Ex-Service League since 1952; m. 1924, Ethel, daughter of Thomas Oldroyd, of Allerton Close, Chapel Allerton, Yorks.; d. 1990.
WATSON, JERMYN, son of Robert Watson, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 2 Aug 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jun 1723; in under school list 1725.
WATSON, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1723. [Presumably a brother of, or close kin to, either Charles Watson (qv) or Jermyn Watson (qv), both adm. same month]
WATSON, HENRY WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry William Watson, Burnopfield, co. Durham, surgeon [check], and Mary Elizabeth --- (IGI); b. 19 Nov 1854; at Durham Sch. 1867-70; adm. 6 Feb 1871 (James'); left Christmas 1871; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1875; “ironmaker and smelter” (1881 Census, then unm. ); a coalowner; d. at Lampasas, Texas, USA 16 Jul 1891.
WATSON, HENRY MARSHALL; b. 7 Jun 1845; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); left Whitsun 1861.
WATSON, GEORGE, son of George Watson, York; b.; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1703, adm. 28 May 1703, aged 19, scholar 28 Apr 1704, matr. 1704; 9th in “ordo” 1706/7; BA 1706/7; ordained deacon Jan 1708/9, priest Mar 1708/9 (both Norwich); Rector of Buxhall, Suffolk 1709-10, res. [note will Rev. George Watson, Wood Norton, Norfolk, proved PCC 9 May 1750]