Watson, Henry Campbell
WATSON, HENRY CAMPBELL. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
July I, 1848. Of Canterbuo'. [School, King's, Canterbury.] Matric. Michs. 1848; Scholar; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855. Ord.
deacon (Chichester) 1853; priest, 1855; C. of Mayfield,
Sussex, 1853-4. Classical Master at H.M. Ordnance School,
Carshalton, 1854-6. C. of Croydon, Surrey, 1854-64. P.C. of
St James's, Croydon, 1863-79. Disappears from Crockford, i88o. Brother of James (1844).
WATSON, HENRY CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 6,
1861. S. of Henry Sparkes [of Old Charlton. Kent]. B.
Feb. 25, 1843, in London. School, University College, London.
Matric. Michs. 1861; Scholar, 1863; B.A. (Uh Wrangler) 1865;
M.A. i868. F.R.A.S. Vice-Principal of Elizabeth College,
Guernsey, 1868-9. Ord. deacon (Winchester) 1869; priest
(Gloucester and Bath) 1873. Second Master of Blackheath
School, 1869-70; Assistant Master at Clifton College, 1870-
1900; Chaplain, 1875-igoo. C. of Emmanuel Church,
Clifton, 1872-5. V. of Gainford-on-Tees, 1901-25. Married,
Aug. 17, 1871, Anne Augusta, 4th dau. of William D. J.
Bridgeman, D.C.L., of Old Charlton. Died Apr. 16, 1925, at
Ripon; buried at Gainford. Father of Charles H. (1891) and
Douglas P. (1893). (Crockford; Durham Contemporary
Biographies; The Times, Apr. 18, 1925.)
WATSON, HENRY LACON. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Caius,
Apr. 23, 1842. [Eldest] s. of the Rev Fisher (1806), V. of
Lancing, Sussex. B. [Nov. 19, 1823], at Great Melton,
Norfolk. Schools, Warminster and Clapham. Matric. Michs.
1842; Scholar; B..\. 1846; M.A. 1849. Ord. deacon
(Chichester) i846;priest, 1847; C. of Bexhill, Sussex, 1846-50.
R. of Shamford, Leics., 1850-1903. Hon. Canon of Peter-
borough, 1879-1903. T.P. for Leics. Married (i) Jan. 16,
1851, Maria, dau. of Sir William Burnett, M.D., K.C.B.;
(2) 1857, Ellen Charlotte, dau. of the Rev. H. K. Richardson,
R. of Leire, Leics. Author, Sermons; edited the Peter-
borough Diocesan Calendar, 1887-1901. Died Nov. 13, 1903.
Brother of Arthur (1854) and Frederick F. (1851); father of
Edmund H. L. (1884). {Venn, n. 258 and add. iv; Crockford; Who uus Who.)
WATSON, HENRY PIERCY. Adm. pens (age 19) at Jesus,
Oct. I, 1872. [Of Warwick.] S. of the Rev. Alexander (1832),
deceased. B. Jan. 5, 1853, at Torquay. School, Charterhouse.
Matric. Michs. 1872. Lived at Leamington. Conductor of
Leamington Choral Societv, 1881. Organist at the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Leamington Spa, 1889-1909. Professor
of singing at Combe House Ladies School, 1883-1906.
Teacher of singing and elocution at Oxford, 1897-1914.
Entertainments manager to Leamington Corporation 1908- 26. Composer of cantatas, etc. Married, 1879, Rhoda, dau.
of David Coast, of Lenham, Kent. Died in Dec. 1937. (R- L-
Arrowsmith; F. Brittain; Who's Who in Music.)
WATSON, HENRY ROBERT. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 21, 1807. [S. of Tadwell (and Frances). B. Oct. 23, 1789. Bapt.
Nov. 25, 1789.] School, Charterhouse. Did not reside.
Ensign 3rd Regt. of Foot Guards, 1807. Wounded at Barosa, Mar. 1811. Killed in action, at the River Nive, Dec. 12, 1813.
(F. P. White; V. Hodson; Al. Carthus.)
WATSON, HENRY ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Clare, June 11,
1838. B. at Llandaff. Matric. Michs. 1839.
WATSON, HENRY SINCLAIR. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Mar. 13, 1895. S. of Charles Sinclair. B. June 20, 1876, at Rock
Ferry. Schools, Bkkenhead and Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs.
1895; B.A. 1898. A.M. I.E. E. Sometime a junior partner in Messrs Hansard and Watson, consulting electrical engineers,
Victoria Street, London. London manager for Messrs
Pritchetts and Gold, Ltd. Served in the Great War, 1914-19
(Second Lieut., R.E. (Tvne electrical engineers, T.F.)). Of
Lovell's, King's Sutton, Banbury, in 1946. {Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Peile, 11. 796.)
WATSON, HENRY WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Feb. 10,
1846. [S. of Thomas, R.N. (and Eleanor Mary Kingston).
B. Feb 25, 1827.] School, King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1846; Scholar, 1848; B..\. (2nd Wrangler and 2nd
Smith's prize) 1850; M.A. 1853; Sc.D. 1884. Fellow, 1851;
assistant tutor, 1851-3. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 17, 1851. Assistant Master at the City of London School, 1854-6. Ord,
deacon (Ely) 1856; priest (London) 1858. Mathematical
Lecturer at King's College, London, 1857. Assistant Master at Harrow, 1857-65. R. of Berkswell with Barston, Warws.,
1865-1902. F.R.S , 1881. One of the founders of the Alpine
Club, 1857. Married, 1856, Emily, dau. of Henry Rowe, of
Cambridge, and had issue. Author, Treatise on the Kinetic
Theory of Gases; Mathematical Theory of Electricity and
Magnetism, etc. (with S. H. Burbury, 1849). Died Jan. 11,
1903, at Brighton. Father of Erskine G. (1878). (Inns of
Court; Crockford; Who was Who; D.N.B.; Sir F. Galton, Memories, 306.)
WATSON, HENRY WILMOT. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Pembroke,
Oct I, 1885. S. of Thomas Parker [civil-engineer], deceased
[of The Cape of Good Hope] B. [Mar. 3, 1866], at Odense,
Watson, Howard Aylwin
Isle of Funen, Denmark. School, Cheltenham College.
Matric Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888; M.A. 1892. Ord. deacon
(Gloucester and Bristol) 1889; priest. 1890; C. of St Michael's, Gloucester, 1889-91. C. of St Paul's, Cambridge, 1891-1900. C. of Erith with St Paul's, Northumberland Heath, Kent,
1900-5. V. of St Paul's, 1905-24. R. of Feniton, Devon,
1927-32. Publ. Pr., dio. of Exeter, 1939-40- Died Jan. 30,
1940, at Teignmouth. (Cheltenham Coll. Reg.; Crockford;
J. T. Rule; The Times, Feb. i, 1940.)
WATSON, HERBERT. Adm. (age 18) at Caius, Oct. t. 1874-
S. of F[rederick] Elwin, solicitor [of Hethersett, Norfolk].
B. Sept. 3. 1855, at Lakenham, Norfolk. Schools, Repton and Fomcett St Peter (private). Matric. Michs. 1874; B.A. 1879;
M.A. 1882. Ord. deacon (Worcester) 1882; pnest, 1883; C.
of Hanbury, Worcs., 1882-5. C. of Carlton-Colville, Suffolk, 1885-7. V. of Cransford, 1888-1915. Married, Jan. 15, 1889,
Mary Jermyn, 2nd dau. of the Rev. William Hale Andrews. Died Nov. 10, 1915. Brother of John {1872) and George W.
(1870). (Repton Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 415; Crockford; The Times, Nov. 13, 1915-)
WATSON, HERBERT. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. i, 1894.
S. of Samuel Ogden [of Brandling Park, Newcastle-on-Tyne].
B. Apr. 14, 1875, at Riding Mill, Northumberland. Schools,
Newcastle Grammar and King William's College, Isle of Man. Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1901. Ord. deacon
(Durham) 1898; priest, 1899; C. of Holy Trinity, Darlington,
1898-1902. V. of Waitotara, New Zealand, 1902-8. V. of
Masterton, 1908-15. Served in the Great War, 1914-19
(Chaplain, New Zealand Chaplains' Dept.). Archdeacon of
Wairarapa, 1919-22. V. of St Peter's, Wellington, 1915-30. Hon. Canon of Wellington, 1925. Missioner, dio. of Welling-
ton, 1930-48-. Of Marton, New Zealand, 1948. Brother of
Ralph (1889). (King William's Coll. Reg ; Peile, 11. 792-)
WATSON (post GRANT-WATSON), HERBERT ADOLPHUS.
Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 25, 1900. S. of Robert Grant,
of Lammas Hall, Norwich. B. Jan. 4, 1881, in London.
School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1900. Attach^ in the Diplomatic
Service, 1905; at Washington, 1906; 3rd Secretary, 1907; at
Rio de Janeiro, 1908; at Brussels, 1910-14; 2nd Secretary,
1912. At Copenhagen, 1915-20. ist Secretary, 1919 At
Lisbon, 1920; Counsellor of Embassy there, 1925-7. Envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala,
1928-33; at Havana in 1933; to Finland, 1935-7; to Cuba, 1937-40. C.M.G., 1933. Of Princes Gate, London, in 1951.
Married, 1905, Anna, dau. of William G. Low, of New York.
(Eton Sch. Lists; Foreign Office List; Who's Who.)
WATSON, HERBERT ARMSTRONG. Adm. pens, at Peter- house, Oct. 1, 1878. S. of John Christian, Esq. [merchant,
of Lower Norwood, London, S.E.]. B. May 18, i860. School,
Dulwich College. Matric. Michs. 1878; Scholar; B.A. 1882;
M.A. 1885; B.D. 1909; D.D. 1912. Seatonian prize, 1918 and
1919. Assistant Master at Manchester Grammar School,
1882-90. Ord. deacon (Manchester) 1888; priest, 1889;
C. of Heaton-Mersey, Lanes., 1888-90. Head Master of
Maidstone Grammar School, 1890-7; of Great Yarmouth
Grammar School, 1898-1903; of The Royal Grammar School,
Lancaster, 1903-12. R. of Knapton, Norfolk, 1912-17.
Hulsean Lecturer, 1915. V. of Cherry Hinton, Cambs., 1917-
24. Warden of Centr. S of Sacr. Study, dio. Ely, 1928-37.
Married, Aug. 4, 1888, Helen Harriett, 2nd dau. of R. C.
Rogers, barrister, of Stonehouse, and had issue, .\uthor. The
Conception and Rightfulness of National Churches; The Nature
of Man; The Mysticism of St John's Gospel; The Incarnation and Personality, etc. Lived latterly in Cambridge, where he
died Nov. 29, 1937; buried at Cherry Hinton. (Dulwich Coll.
Reg.; T. A. Walker, 553 and MS. note; Crockford; Who was Who; The Times, Dec. 1, 1937.)
WATSON, HERBERT NICOL. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus,
Oct. 1,1881. [2nd] s. of Robert Browne, Esq. [of New Brighton,
Cheshire]. B. [Sept. 6, 1863], in Mexico. School, Charter- house. Matric. Michs. 1881; B..\. 1884. A farmer at
Hakowhitu, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Served in the
Great War, 1914-8 as an ambulance driver with the French
armv (Croix de Guerre). Married Henrietta Mary, dau. of
Sydriey Johnston, of Hawke's Bay. Died Sept. 28, 1943- Brother of Frederick J. (1889). (the Times, Oct. 10, 1943; R. L. .\rrowsmith.)
WATSON, HOWARD AYLWIN. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
Oct. 13, i866. Of Canterbury. [3rd s. of the Rev. Thomas
(St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1818), V. of East Fariey, Kent.
Schools, Tonbridge, Maidstone and Rochester.] Matric.
Michs. 1866; B..\. 1871. Ord. deacon (Chichester) 1872;
priest, 1873; C. of Battle, Sussex, 1872-4. C. of St Nicholas,
Rochester, 1875. C. of Wateringbury, Kent, 1875-8. C. of
Leeds, Kent, 1878-81. C. of Boughton-Malherbe, 1881-93;
R. there, 1893-1909. Died Mar 13, 1909, aged 62. Brother of
Thomas S (1862). (Roffensian Reg.; Tonbridge Sch. Reg.;
Crockford; The Times, Mar. 16, 1909.)
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