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WATTS, GEOFFREY, fourth son of Sir John Watts, Kt, Lord Mayor of London, and Margaret, dau. of Sir James Hawes, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b. ; at school under Camden (Alum. Cant. ); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1601, matr. Mich. 1601; BA 1604/5; migr. to Jesus Coll. ; MA 1608 (incorp. Oxford 12 Jul 1608); BD 1615; Fellow, Jesus Coll. 1606-19; ordained; Vicar of Clavering, Essex 1616 [check] – c. 1643, res. ; Vicar of Great Leighs, Essex, from 14 Dec 1619; m. Fortune, dau. of William Glascock, Felsted, Essex; buried Great Leighs, Essex 5 Jan 1662/3.

Watts, Frances; sister of John Taylor, St Mary at Hill, City of London, vintner (as shown by her will and accompanying affidavit) ; aged 35 in 1733 ; kept a boarding house in Little Dean’s Yard from 1738 (previously occupied by Mrs.Beresford) (she directed in her will that “the house I live in” should be sold after her death) ; first two of seventy-one recorded boarders adm. Apr 1738, last three recorded boarders adm. Oct 1752, but her boarding house may be presumed to have continued to operate until her death ; her will expresses her wish to be buried in Barnes, Surrey, where she owned two copyhold messuages ; she bequeathed 10 guineas each for mourning rings to William Markham (qv), Head Master, Peirson Lloyd (qv), Under Master, and Charles Cooper (qv), “the usher of my house” ; m.1st, by c.1720, William Cox, surgeon, with whom she emigrated to Savannah, Georgia, North America, 1733 (but who d. there 1733) ; m.2nd, 1 Jun 1734 James Watt (or Watts), Lieut. South Carolina Independent Company (but who d. same month, she returning to England) ; d. Jan 1755 (London Evening Post, issue for 11-14 Jan 1755) (will dated 25 Jun 1754, with codicil 19 Dec 1754, proved PCC 24 Jan 1755, as of Frances Watts, Little Dean’s Yard, St.Margaret’s, Westminster, widow).

WATTES, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).

Watt, Kenneth Strahan, son of John Hansard Strahan Watt (qv); b. 21 Dec. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1928; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931; Dip. Anthropology 1932; RA 1940-4 (Capt.), wounded (N. Africa); entered civil service 1944, represented Min. of Pensions at War Pension Appeal Tribunals; 1st Sec. Standing Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs 1946; Min. of Pensions 1947, later DHSS; MBE 1969, retd; m. 25 Feb. 1957 Alice Elizabeth, sis­ter of Richard John Bell Glanville (qv); d. 14 Nov. 1995.

Watt, John Hansard Strahan, brother of James Watt (q.v.); b. Jan. 27, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (G); left Dec. 1893; a publisher's agent, firm, A. P. Watt and Son, Norfolk Street, Strand; m. 1st June 7, 1906, Katherine Dawson, youngest daughter of John Hume, of Glasgow; 2nd Feb. 27, 1934, Gertrude Stuart, eldest daughter of John Herbert Whitehorn, of Hampstead; d. Feb. 15, 1960.

WATT, JAMES, eldest son of Alexander Pollock Watt, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, literary agent, and Bertha, dau. of John Strahan, Tain, Perthshire; b. 12 Mar 1867; adm. 27 May 1880 (G), exhibitioner; QS 1881; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1885 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 2 Oct 1885, matr. 1885; BA 1888; MA 1892; Assistant Master, Bradfield Coll. 1890-1903; Second Master, Royal Naval Coll., Osborne (later at Dartmouth), from 1903; MVO 2 Aug 1910; bequeathed to the School his portrait as a QS by John Pettie RA; d. 8 May 1929.

WATSON-WENTWORTH, WILLIAM, VISCOUNT HIGHAM, fourth son of Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Earl of Malton KB (afterwards 1st Marquis of Rockingham), Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks., Lord Lieut., Yorkshire West Riding, and Lady Mary Finch, fourth dau. of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 6th Earl of Winchilsea (qv), and his second wife; bapt. 2 Sep 1728; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1738 (Morel's); d. 16 Aug 1739.

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]