WATSON, ---; b.; at school under Busby (Busby’s Account Book).
WATSON, ---; b.; in school list Apr 1774, 1775; left 1777.
WATS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1726; in under school list 1728.
Watrous, Seward Eliot, 1921-1984
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, 1867-?
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, 1867-1947
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.