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]

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.

WATKINS, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, adm. scholar 1629, but did not matr.

WATKINS, HENRY, son of Richard Watkins (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, aged 18, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1684 – Jul 1713, Faculty Student from 18 Jul 1713; BA 1688; MA 1691; Secretary to Earl of Strafford when Ambassador to the United Provinces Apr 1711 – Mar 1712; Secretary to Duke of Ormonde Mar 1712; Judge Advocate to Army in Flanders; MP Brackley 20 Apr 1714 – 1715; Secretary to Earl of Arran, Chancellor, Oxford Univ., from 1722; d. unm. 25 Mar 1727. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

Watherston, Sir David Charles, son of Charles Fell Watherston (qv); b. 26 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (KS); left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929, MA 1939; entered Malayan Civil Service 1930, seconded Col. Office 1939-44; Malayan Planning Unit 1944-5; Lieut.-Col. on staff SEAC 1945; BMA Malaya 1945-6, sec. Committee on Federation Agreement 1946-8; Sec. for Defence and Internal Security Fed. of Malaya 1948, Chief Sec. 1952-7; CMG 1953, KBE 1956; Special Counsellor Malayan High Commission UK 1957; Commission of Enquiry N. Borneo and Sarawak 1962; dir. of personnel Tube Investments Ltd 1959- 7 4; hon. DSc Aston and City Univs; hon PNM (Malaya); KStJ; Liveryman Goldsmiths' Company; m. 12 Aug. 1933 Maude, d. of William Hobkirk Noble of Kuala Lumpur; d. 16 Jan. 1977.

Watherston, Charles Fell, eldest son of the Rev. Alexander Law Watherston, Head Master of the Grammar School, Hinckley, Leics, by Emily Mary, daughter of Edmund Fell, of Clapham, Surrey; b. Jan. 6, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left (with Triplett) July 1893; Ball. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1893; 1st class Maths. (Mods.) 1895; Junior Maths. Scholar 1895; 1st class Maths. 1897; B.A. 1897; a clerk in the War Office Jan. 18, 1899, asst. principal clerk 1905; actuary 1921; asst. Under-Secretary of State (director of finance) 1924; Officer, Legion of Honour, 1920; C.B. June 3, 1924; a governor of the school 1939; m. Oct. 24, 1903, Constance Eva, fourth daughter of Thomas Worthington Clarke, of Leicester; d. Dec. 30, 1940.

WATHEN, GEORGE, only son of Samuel Wathen, Devonshire Square, Bishopsgate, London, and Dorking, Surrey, surgeon, and his second wife Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Sydenham Malthus, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, director South Sea Company; b.; adm. 2 Jun 1774; KS 1776; Ensign, 39th Foot 19 Nov 1778; Lieut., 13 Oct 1780; Capt., 14th Foot 6 Apr 1785; half-pay 1791; Brevet Maj., 17 Feb 1795; ret. 23 Feb 1791 [check]; present at siege of Gibraltar 1782; a well-known amateur actor, acting in comedy with Richard, 7th Earl of Barrymore, in private theatricals at Wargrave, Berks., and in London 1789-92; joint manager with Lord Barrymore of the Richmond Theatre 1792; a professional actor at Drury Lane 1795-1803, when he is said to have rejoined the army; a Military Knight of Windsor from 1840; m. Marianne ---; d. 21 Apr 1849, aged 87.

Waterson, Sidney Frank, son of John Waterson, of Johannesburg, South Africa, F.R.I.B.A., by Louisa Charlotte, daughter of Henry Richard Hughes, of Sydenham, Kent; b. June 4, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; left Dec. 1914; Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt., at­tached M.G.C., July 1, 1917; served in France and Salonika in Great War I; a wine merchant at Cape Town, South Africa, firm, J. Sedgwick and Co. Ltd.; M. P. (Union of South Africa) for South Peninsula Division 1929-38 and for Claremont Division since 1943; South African Minister in Paris 1939; High Commissioner in London 1939-42; Minister of Commerce South Africa Jan 1943, of Economic Development 1943-8 and of Transport 1948; m. Feb. 16, 1924, Hilda Maude, daughter of Major John Alfred Eugene Markus of Cape Town; d. 1976.

WATERS, THOMAS, son of Randle Jackson Waters (adm. 1812, qv); b. 11 Dec 1839; adm. 22 Jun 1848; QS 1854; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1858, matr. 27 May 1858, Westminster Student 1858-73; one of the last three Westminster Students of Christ Church elected under the old system; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Oxford); Curate, Shippon, Berks., 1863, Abingdon, Berks., 1863-4; Vicar of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 1864-72; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., 1872-85; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., 9 Dec 1885-1904; m. 29 Aug 1872 Barbara Bass, younger dau. of Samuel Vessey, Halton Manor, Lincs.; d. 18 Feb 1909.