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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, 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]

Watson, Eric Edward Constable, son of Charles Watson, of Bayswater, London; b. June 25, 1891; adm. Jan. 14. 1904 (H); left Easter 1909; pupil apprentice, G. W. R. Swindon; served in France during Great War I 1914-8; O.C. 26th L. R.W.Co. R.E.; with the Inter-Allied Rly. Commission, Cologne, 1919-22; m. Sept. 4, 1915, Gwenllian Frances Tudor, eldest daughter of Frederic White, barrister, of Chelsea; d. June 1969.

Watson, Douglas Ian, son of Sir Duncan Watson MIEE, Central Electricity Board, and Ella Mary, d. of William Edward Orchard; b. 3 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1928; d. after a road accident 16 Sept. 1933.

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.