Watrous, Seward Eliot, son of Francis Melzar Watrous, US Bar, of Newhaven, Conn., and Veronica Theresa, d. of Thomas Seward of Johannesburg; b. 11 Aug. 1921; adm. Jan. 1933 (H); left Apr. 1938; RA 1940-5 (Maj.), GSO3 Malta 1942-3, GSO2 Force 266 1943-4; political adviser BMM Albania 1944; joined External Service BBC 1945, programme organiser Albanian and Bulgarian Services; seconded Colonial Office 1950, head of Emergency Information Services Malaya 1951; asst head BBC Asian Services 1955-6, Arabic Services 1956, head of African, Caribbean and Colonial Services 1958; chief asst BBC talks and features 1968-70, head of Overseas Regional Services 1970-3; man. dir. Watrous & Co. 1973; m. 19 Apr. 1952 Bridget, d. of Lieut.-Col. Clifford W. Cronin of Tiverton, Devon; d. 21 May 1984.
WATKIN-WILLIAMS, ROBERT THESIGER, eldest son of Sir Charles James Watkin-Williams, Kt, Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice, and his second wife Charlotte, sister of Sir Herbert William Lush-Wilson (qv); b. 7 Jan 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); left May 1884; adm. solicitor Nov 1889; Master in Chancery Division, Supreme Court; JP Devon 1917; m. 22 May 1897 Mary, third dau. of George Thornton Skilbeck, St. Issy, Cornwall.
WATKIN-WILLIAMS, PENROSE LANYON, brother of Robert Thesiger Watkin-Williams (qv); b. 29 Dec 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); left Dec 1883; Middlesex Hospital; MRCS and LRCP 1894; FRCS (Edinburgh ) 1910; medical practitioner at Padstow, Cornwall; served in 1914-8 War; temp. Capt., RAMC 17 May 1916; Maj., 21 Jul 1919; wounded at battle of the Somme Jul 1916; mentioned in despatches; DSO 19 Aug 1916; m. 6 Aug 1896 Ellen Margaret, second dau. of George Thornton Skilbeck, St. Issy, Cornwall [drug merchant ?]; d. 5 Aug 1947.
WATKINSON, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Watkinson, Wakefield, Yorks., and Margaret, dau. of Robert Hartley; bapt. All Saints, Wakefield, Yorks., 24 Apr 1683 (IGI); at school under Knipe (M. I. Merton Coll. ); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1700, aged 16, postmaster; BA 1703; MA 1709; Fellow of Merton Coll. from 1709, also Tutor; buried Merton Coll. Chapel, Oxford 26 Dec 1720, aged 37.
WATKINSON, HENRY, son of Henry Watkinson, Whitechapel, Middlesex, and Mary (Clarke ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Mary, Whitechapel 27 Jul 1704 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Apr 1718; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1721/2; BA 1725; MA 1728; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1729, priest 20 Dec 1730 (both Oxford).
WATKINS, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1719/20.
WATKINS, THOMAS, younger son of Pennoyre Watkins, Breconshire, attorney, and Mary, dau. of David Lloyd, Rhosferig, Breconshire; b. 2 Sep 1761; adm. 14 Feb 1774; in school list Jul 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1779; BA 1783; MA 1786; Grand Tour (Italy, Switzerland, Near East) 1787-9; Rector [or Vicar : check] of Llandefaelog, Breconshire, from 1799; FRS 23 Jan 1794; FSA 11 Feb 1796; called “Cellarius” Watkins by George Colman (qv) in his Random Records, 1830, i, 296; author, Travels in Switzerland, Italy, etc., 1792; m. 22 Jan 1795 Susanna Eleonora, only dau. of Richard Vaughan, Shenfield, Essex, and Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, Lord Lieut. Carmarthenshire; d. 15 Oct 1829.
WATKINS, SAMUEL; b.; adm.; BB 1678-80 (Chapter Muniments 33714-5).
WATKINS, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1631, but was never adm.
WATKINS, RICHARD, son of Rev. Henry Watkins DD, Vicar of Sutton under Brailes, Warwicks., and Anne, widow of Richard Love; b.; adm.; KS 1637; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1640, matr. 4 Jun 1641, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1644; MA 1647 (incorp. Cambridge 1650); submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 1648 (Burrows, 154, 158); ordained; Vicar of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire 1655-9; Rector of Whichford, Warwicks., from 1659; Rector of Bourton on the Hill, Gloucs., from 5 May 1679; wrote an account of the recovery of Anne Green, who had been hanged at Oxford 14 Dec 1650, entitled Newes from the Dead, 1651, to which were appended poems on the subject by various Oxford scholars; m. Elizabeth Hyckes; d. 11 Feb 1707/8.