Watson, Richard 1893; C. of St Stephen's, South Shields, 1892-4. C. of Hartle- pool, 1894-7. C. of St Cuthbert's, Gateshead, 1897-1904- V. of Beamish, Co. Durham, 1904-10. R. of St Margaret's, Durham, 1910-24. Rural Dean of Durham, 1917-24- Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Chaplain, R.A.C.D.; wounded). Lecturer in Pastoral Theology, University of Durham, 1917. R. of Houghton-le-Spring, 1924-43. Hon. Canon of Durham, 1938-43. Died in 1943. Brother of Herbert (1894). {Peile, 11. 753; Crockjord.) WATSON, RICHARD. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Trinity, Nov. 2, 1754. [Youngest] s. of [the Rev.] Thomas, of Heversham, Westmorland. [B. there, Aug. 1737-] School, Heversham. Matric. Lent, 1 75 5 ; Scholar, 1757; B.A. (2nd Wrangler) 1759; M.A. 1762; D.D. (per Lit. Reg.) 1771. Fellow, 1760; Tutor, 1767-71; Junior Dean, 1769-71. Professor of Chemistry, 1764-73. Regius Professor of Divinity, 1771-1816. F.R.S., 1769. Ord. priest (Norwich) Feb. 28, 1768. R. of Northwold, Norfolk, 1779-81. R. of Knaptoft, Leics., 1781. R. of Somersham, Hunts. Archdeacon of Ely, 1779-82. Bishop of Llandafi, 1782-18 16. He stated that he 'knew as much of divinity as could reasonably be expected of a man whose course of studies had been directed to, and whose time had been fully occupied in, other pursuits,' but the Regius chair had 'long been the secret object' of his ambition, and, 'by hard travelling and some adroitness,' he obtained the King's mandate and was created D.D. in time for the election. Edited a Collection of Theological Tracts. Appointed as his deputy, 1787, Thomas Kipling, of St John's, the editor of the Codex Bezae, and left Cambridge. On election to the chair of Chemistry, having ' never read a syllable on the subject nor seen a single experiment,' he sent to Paris for an 'operator,' shut himself up in his laboratory and in 14 months, in the course of which his workshop was shattered by an explosion, he began a course of lectures which were largely attended. His experiments led to the invention of the black-bulb thermometer. Said to have saved the Government £100,000 a year by advice on the manufacture of gunpowder. MaiTied Dorothy Wilson, of whom there is a portrait by John Downman in the FitzwUliam Museum. Author, Chemical Essays. Died July 4, 1816. Father of Charles L. (1791) and the next. (E. H. Vigers; The Extraordinary Black Book, 1830; G. Mag., II. 1816, 274; Hist. Reg.; Wordsworth, Anecdotes of Richard Watson; Gunther, Camb. Science; Gunning, Remini- scences, I. 232-6; D.N.B.) WATSON, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, July 4, 1806. [Eldest s. of the Rt. Rev. Richard (above), Bishop of Llandaff.] Matric. Michs. 1806; LL.B. 1813. V. of Pentyrch, Glam., 1813-22. Preb. of Llandaff, 1813-58. Preb. of WeUs, 1815-41. V. of Undy, Mon., 1819-47. V. of Dingestow, 1821- 38. Registrar of the dio. of Llandaff, and of London until 1858. Died May 10, 1858, at Boulogne. Brother of Charles L. (1791); father of Wilham G. (1840) and Christopher K. (1844). (Boase, vi. 805; The Extraordinary Black Book, 1830, 533; Foster, Index Eccles. ; Clergy List.) WATSON, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Dec. 16, 1833. Matric. Michs. 1834. WATSON, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Queens', June 29, 1842. Matric. Michs. 1842; B.A. (gth Wrangler) 1847; M.A. 1850. Fellow, 1848-57; Assistant Tutor. Senior Proctor, 1856-7. Ord. deacon, 1853; priest, 1856. C. of St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent, 1857-9. Disappears from Clergy List, i860. WATSON, RICHARD GEORGE. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, June30, 1851. Of Dorset. Matric. Michs. 1851; Scholar, 1853; B.A. 1855; M.A. 1858. Assistant Master at Lancaster Grammar School and at Preston Grammar School, 1855-6. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells) 1856; priest, 1857; C. of Bathford, Somerset, 1856-8. Head Master of the Grammar School, Halstead, Essex, 1858-63; of Dorset County School, 1863-75. V. of Gussage All Saints, Dorset, 1875-91. Died, suddenly, Aug. 6, 1891. (Boase, vi. 805; Crockford.) WATSON, RICHARD PILKINGTON. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct. 31, 1865. [S. of W. P., of Claughton, Birkenhead.] Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1870; M.A. 1878. Ord. deacon (Chester) 1870; priest, 1872; C. of Frodsham, Cheshire, 1870- 6. C. of St John's, Birkenhead, 1876-7. V. of Clifton-on- Dunsmore, Warws., 1878-90. Resided at Birkenhead, 1890-4. R. of Brinklow, 1894-1908. R. of Capenhurst, Cheshire, 1908-17. Married (i) Sept. 13, 1871, Charlotta, dau. of John Johnston, of Co. Monaghan; (2) May 22, 1894, Ellen Rose, eldest dau. of C. Ellis, Esq., of Meldreth, Cambs. Disappears from Crockford, 1918. (Scott, MSS.) WATSON, ROBERT JOHN. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 12, 1866. [Only s. of Robert Pawsey, of Bury St Edmunds. B. 1848. School, Christ's Hospital.] Matric. Michs. 1866; (Nat. Sci. Trip., ist Class, 1869) ; B.A. 1870; M.A. 1873. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 19, 1872. Science Master at Dulwich College, 1871-3. Professor of Natural History at the Royal Watson, Thomas Arthur Agricultural College, Cirencester, 1873-5. Died ^Sept. 25, 1875, aged 27, in London. (Bury St "' Dulwich Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court.) WATSON, ROBERT LANCASTER. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1873. [S. of the Rev. Robert Lancaster (Trinity College, Dublin), R. of Covington, Hunts, (and Elizabeth). B. July 26, 1854. School, Merchant Taylors'.] Matric. Michs. 1873. WATSON, SETH BENJAMIN. M.D. 1847, incorp. from Oxford. [Eldest s. of Benjamin, wharfinger, of Islington (and Ann). B. Oct. 27, 1810. School, Merchant Taylors'.] Matric. from St John's College, Oxford, June 29, 1829, age i8; B.A. (Oxford) 1833; B.Med. (Oxford) 1838; M.D. (Oxford) 1839. Physician to the Oxford Hospital and Hon. Physician to the Radclifife Infirmary, at Oxford. Practised in London, and at Princes Risborough, Bucks. Died May 15, 1885. Brother of Thomas (1840) and Joseph (1841). (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; At. Oxon.; Medical Directories.) WATSON, SHEPLEY WATSON (1845), see HEMINGWAY. WATSON, THOMAS. Adm. sizar at Clare, June 26, 1783. B. at York. Matric. Michs. 1783. WATSON, THOMAS. B.A. 1785, incorp. from Trinity College, Dublin; M.A. from Christ's, 1785. Probably P.C. of Bilton- in-Holdemess, Yorks., 1808-24. Died there. May 25, 1824, aged 61. (G. Mag., 1824, 11. 188.) WATSON, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Caius, Aug. 14, 1798. S. of Thomas, of St Michael's, Norwich. B. there. Schools, Newport, Essex (Mr Buck) and Norwich (Mr Foster). Matric. Michs. 1799; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 18, 1803 ; priest, Sept. 22, 1805. C. of Costessey, Norfolk, 1821-45; P.C. of Hardley, 1821-45. R- of Thurlton, 1821-45. V. of Newton-by-Castleacre, 1834-41, and C. of Tottenhill, 1832-41. Died Mar. 20, 1845, aged 64. (Venn, 11. 133, which gives date of death Apr. 11, 1845; Clergy List, as 'J.' Watson; Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1845, 11. 91.) WATSON, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Clare, Mar. 30, 1810. B. at Wisbech, Cambs. Matric. Michs. 1810; B.A. 1814. Ord. deacon, i8i6;priest, 1817. Probably V. of Kirmington, Lines. 1835-58. Disappears from Clergy List, 1859. (Crockford.) WATSON, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at St John's, June i, 1811. Of Devon. [Eldest s. of Joseph, of Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex (and Mary, dau. of Thomas Catton). B. Mar. 7, 1792, at Montrath [House], Kentisbeare, Devon. School, Bury St Edmunds.] Matric. Michs. 1811; Scholar, 1811; B.A. (10th Wrangler) 1815; M.A. 1818; Med. Lie. 1822; M.D. 1825; Hon. LL.D. 1864. Fellow, 1816-26; Hon. Fellow, 1867-82. Junior Proctor, 1823-4. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1862. F.R.S., 1859. At St Bartholomew's Hospital. F.R.C.P., 1826; Gulstonian Lecturer, 1827; Censor, 1828, 1837, and 1838. Physician to the Middlesex Hospital, 1827-43. Professor of Medicine at University College, London, 1828-31; Lecturer on Forensic Medicine, King's College, London, 1831-5; Professor of Medicine there, 1835-40. President of the College of Physicians, 1862-5. Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, 1870-82. Had a large London practice, 1825-70. One of the physicians who attended the Prince Consort in his last illness. Created a Bart., 1866. Retired, 1870. Married, Sept. 15, 1825, Sarah, dau. of Edward Jones, of Brackley, Northants., and had issue. Author, Lectures on Principles and Practice of Physic, which was for thirty years the chief English text-book on medicine. Died Dec. 11, 1882. Father of Arthur T. (1848); brother of John (1823). (Eagle, XII. 360; Burke, P. and B.\ Medical Directories; D.N.B.; C.U. Hist. Reg.) WATSON, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Caius, Apr. 13, 1840. S. of Benjamin, Esq. [wharfinger], of Islington, Middlesex (and Ann). B. there, June 6, 1821. Schools, Merchant Taylors', Wakefield and Camberwell. Matric. Michs. 1840; B.A. 1844; M.A. 1847. Ord. deacon (Ripon) 1844; priest, 1845; C. of Slaithwaite, Yorks., 1844-7. Chaplain, H.E.I.C.S., at Bombay, 1847-50; at Karachi, 1851; at Scinde, 1852-4; at Bhooz, 1855-6; at Colaba, 1859; at Kalapore, 1860-3; at Belgaum, 1864-9. In Tasmania, 1870-8. Inc. of Illaworra, 1876-8. Married, July 8, 1847, at Staveley, Caroline, 3rd dau. of Francis Gibbes, Esq., of Harewood. Died Apr. 24, 1878, at Illaworra. Brother of Joseph (1841) and Seth B. (1847). (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 251; The Patrician, iv. 189.) WATSON, THOMAS ARTHUR. Adm, at Pembroke, Oct. 1893. 2nd s. of Thomas Saddington, merchant, of Foxton, Market Harborough, Leics. B. Mar. 15, 1875, at Little Bowden, Leics. School, Oakham. Matric. Michs. 1893; B.A. 1896. Assistant Master at Gorse Cliff School, Bournemouth, 1897- 1905; at Cargilfield School, Cramond Bridge, Midlothian, 1905-10-. Latterly of The Chestnuts, Foxton, Market Harborough. (Schoolmasters' Directories.) 374