Watson, Thomas Cradock
WATSON, THOMAS CRADOCK. Adm. pens, at Tri.nity, Jan.
28, 1867. S. of John, surgeon (and Emia Cradock Gillman, of
Bloomsbury). B. Oct. 19, 1848, in London. School, Merchant
Taylors'; and at King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. 1871; M..A. 1874. Adm. Solicitor, 1875; practised
at 59, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Died Nov. 17, 1917, at Richmond.
Brother of Edward J. (1865). {Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; The Times, Nov. 20, 1917.)
WATSON, THOMAS HAUGHTON. Adm. at Trinity Hall,
1900. S. of Wesley, Esq., of 14, Cadogan Gardens, London,
S.W. B. Aug. 2, 1882. School, Clifton College. Matric. Michs.
1900; B.A. 1904; M..\. 19 19. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Capt., R..\.S.C. (mechanical transport)). (Clifton Coll. Reg.)
WATSON, THOMAS HENRY. Adm. sizar at St John's, June 12, 1844. S. of Walter, grazier, of Grandborough, Warws. (and
Margaret). B. .\ug. 24, 1825. Matric. Michs. 1844; B.A.
1848. C. of Pullo.xhill, Beds., 1852-3. C. of Barton-in-the-
Clay, 1854; Chaplain, R.N., H.M.S. Ajax, 1855-7. Disappears from Clergy List, 1858. (Brother of George (1843).)
WATSON, The Hon. THOMAS HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at
jESts, Oct. 1887. [Eldest] s. of WUliam, Lord Watson of
Tbankerton, a life peer. [B. June 11, 1869.] School, Marl-
borough College. Matric. Michs. 1887; (Law Trip., ist Class,
1890); B.A. and LL.B. 1891. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1892. Of Cormiston, MUverton, Somerset. J. P. for
Somerset, 1909. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt.,
R.A.S.C). Chairman, Somerset Quarter Sessions, 1932-45.
Chairman of Somerset C.C, 1932-7. Married, June 5, 1897,
Caroline Mary, dau. of the Hon. Lord Adam, Senator of the
College of Justice, Scotland. Died Nov. ii, 1949. Brother of
Wilham (1891). {Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Kelly,
Handbook; The Times, Nov. 14, 1949; C. J. Fordyce.)
WATSON, THOMAS HERMAN. Adm. at Pe.mbroke, Oct. 1900.
5th s. of the Rev. Howard Simon (1861), V. of Water Orton,
Warws. B. Nov. 14, 1880. School, St Bees. Matric. Michs.
1900; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1921. Ord. deacon (Manchester) 1912;
priest, 1913; C. of All Saints, Blackpool, 1912-15. Served in
the Great War, 1914-19 (Chaplain, R.A.C.D.). V. of Great
Singleton, Lanes., 1919-44. Died Feb. 15. 1944. (Crockford.)
WATSON, THOMAS JAMES. Adm. pens, at Clare, Oct. 20,
182 1. B. at Bermondsey, Surrey. Matric. Michs. 1822.
WATSON, THOMAS SIMONS. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Caius,
Apr. 17, 1833. [Only] s. of John, surgeon, of Bemers Street,
London. B. there [Jan. 18, 1813]. School, Westminster; and
at London University. Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1837. Adm.
at Lincoln's Inn, June 12, 1832. Secretary to the Art Union of London, 1845-91. Died Dec. 7, 1891, at Wandsworth,
Surrey. (Record of Old Westminsters; Venn, 11. 222; Boase, iii. 1230.)
WATSON, THOMAS SPRINGETT. Adm. pens, (age 20) at
Pembroke, June 25, 1862. 2nd s. of the Rev. Thomas
(St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1818), V. of East Farley, Kent.
B. there. School, Tonbridge. Matric. Michs. 1862. Brother
of Howard A. (1866). [Tonbridge Sch. Reg.)
WATSON, WILFRID. Adm. pens, at Clare, May 12, 1838. [S.
of J. H. B. May 17, 1820, at Maple Mount, Yorks. School,
private.] Matric. Michs. 1839. Migrated (age 20) to Jesus,
Dec. 17, 1840. Rowing 'blue,' 1842. Followed no occupation owing to ill-health. Died, Jan. 12, 1849.
WATSON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Queens', Feb. 17, 1761. Of Middlesex. [S. of William, M.D., of London (for whom see
D.N.B.). B. there (Aug. 28 or Sept. 8, 1744)- School,
Charterhouse.] Matric. Michs. 1761. Migrated (age 18) to
Caius, Apr. 26, 1762; Scholar; M.B. 1766; M.D. 1771. F.R.S.,
1767. Knighted, 1796. Author, Treatise on Time. Died
c. 1825. (Venn, u. So; D.N. B.)
WATSON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, July i,
1777. S. of [the Rev.] James, of [Hatton Garden, London],
School, St Paul's. One of these names, s. of the Rev. James,
of Hatton Street, London, was adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 13,
1789. (Inns of Court; St Paul's Sch. Reg.)
WATSON, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar at St John's, Dec. 14, 1827. Of Middlesex. Matric. Michs. 1828; B.A. 1832; M.A. 1835.
Ord. deacon (Oxford) May 25, 1834; priest, June 14, 1835;
C. of Cottisford, Oxon., 1834-6. P.C. of St Paul's, High
Beech, Essex, 1836-41. P.C. of St John's, Buckhurst Hill, 1846-7. Of Loughton, Essex (no cure), 1848-58. Morning
Preacher at St Paul's, Woodford Bridge, 1854. C. of Lough- ton, 1859-69. Married, Oct. i, 1839, Eliza, dau. of Charles
Lane. Died .\pr. 8, 1869. (Clergy List; The Register, 1. 444.)
WATSON, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar at Corpus Christi, Mar. 27,
1846. Of Dorset. Matric. Michs. 1846; Scholar, 1847; B.A.
(22nd Wrangler) 1850; M.A. 1854. Ord. deacon (Peterb.)
1851; priest, 1852. Second Master of Oundle School, 1853-5.
Watson, William Henry Armstrong Fitzpatrick
V. of Cotterstock with Glapthome, Northants., 1856-73.
R. of Water Newton, Hunts., 1873-84. Died May 27, 1884,
aged 56. (Northants. Clergy; The Guardian, June 4, 1884.)
WATSON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Mar. 15, 1849. S. of John, of Pickering, Yorks. B. there. Matric. Michs. 1849; B.A. 1853.
WATSON, The Hon. WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus,
1891. [3rdJ s. of WilUam, Lord Watson of Thankerton (Lord
of Appeal in Ordinar>') (and Margaret, dau. of Dugald J. Bannatyne). B. [Dec. 8, 1873], in Edinburgh. School,
Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. and LL.B. 1895.
Hon. Fellow, 1929. Hon. LL.D., Edinb., 1929; Hon. LL.D.,
Dalhousie, 1936; Hon. LL.D., Acadia, Nova Scotia, 1936.
Adm. an Advocate, 1899; K.C., 1914; .\dvocate Depute, 1919.
M.P. for South Lanarkshire, 1913-18. Procurator of the
Church of Scotland, 1918-22. Solicitor-General for Scotland,
1922. Lord Advocate, 1922-4 and 1924-9. P.C, 1922. M.P.
for Carlisle, 1924-9. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1929-48
(as Lord Thankerton). Hon. Bencher of Gray's Inn, 1928.
Member of the Royal Company of .-Vrchers. ' He was skilful
with the knitting needles.' 'Had a habit of arguing with
counsel with some aggressiveness and heat.' Married, July 26, 1902, Sophia Marjorie, dau. of John James Cowan, of Bavelaw Castle, Balemo, Midlothian, and had issue. Of
8, Heriot Row, Edinburgh, and 132, Oakwood Court, London,
W. Died June 13, 1948, in London. Brother of Thomas H.
(1887). (Winchester Coll. Reg.; Who's Who; The Times, June 14, 1948.)
WATSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. Adm. sizar at St John's,
Mar. 20, 1847; a 'Ten-year man.' S. of Alexander, gent., of Tottenham, Middlesex (and Sarah). B. there, June 8, 1814.
WATSON, WILLIAM BERNARD. Adm. pens, at Selwyn H.,
Oct. 1, 1895. B. July 13, 1875. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A.
1899; M.A. 1905. Ord. deacon (Manchester) 1899; priest
(Carlisle) 1901; C. of Eccles, Lanes., 1899-1901. C. of
Amside, Westmorland, 1901-2. C. of Lowick, Northumber-
land, 1902-4. C. of Ramsey, Hunts., 1904-5. C. of Selston,
Notts., 1905-8. R. of Weston-on-Trent, Derbs., 1908-35. Lie. to off., dios. of Winchester and Portsmouth, 1938.
C.-in-charge of Rowner, Hants., 1939-42. Married (i) Sept.
3, 1902, Eleanor Margaret, dau. of John Wynne; (2) Mar. 2,
1915, Beatrice Mabel Caroline, dau. of Capt. Fitzroy Miller
Macpherson, Sutherland Highlanders. Of Lee-on-Solent in 1952. (Crockford.)
WATSON, WILLIAM BRYCE. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Mar. 13,
1838. [School, Harrow.] Matric. Michs. 1839; B.A. 1844. (Harrow Sch. Reg.)
WATSON, WILLIAM DAVY. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity,
June 29, 1830. [Eldest] s. of Richard. B. May 12, i8ir, at
Kidderminster. [School, Hazelwood, near Birmingham, and]
at London University. .Matric. 1830; B.A. 1835; M.A. 1838.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, July 9, 1829. Called to the Bar,
Nov. 17, 1837. On the Oxford Circuit. Author, Trevethlan,
a Cornish Story; Trevor, a Tale for the Times; Netley Hall, or
the Wife's Sister. Died Jan. 30, 1888, in the Temple. {Boase, III. 1230; Boase, Bib. Cornub.; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the
Bar; The Guardian, Feb. 8, 1888.)
WATSON, WILLIAM FREDERICK WILCOCKS. Adm. sizar at
Emmanuel, July 2, 1835. Of Suffolk. Matric. Michs. 1835;
B..\. 1839; M.A. 1846. Ord. deacon (Chichester) 1841; priest,
1843; C. of Rye, Sussex, 1841-50. Of Brighton (no cure),
1851-5. R.ofIckleford, Herts., 1855-69. Married, Feb. 1868, Isabel, widow of F. Howse, Esq. Died .^pr. 3, 1869. (Scott,
MSS.; Crockford; Ecclesiastical Gazette, Mar. 1868.)
WATSON, WILLIAM GREY. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Caius,
June 9, 1840. S. of the Rev. Richard (1806), of Boulogne,
France. B. at St Omer. School, at home. Matric. Michs.
1840; B..\. (20th Wrangler) 1845; .M..A.. 1848. Ord. deacon
(Canterbury) 1845 ; priest (London) 1846. Assistant Chaplain
at the College of civil engineers, Putney, 1847; Vice- Principal
there, 1848-56. Chaplain to the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn, 1856-60. Killed, Aug. 31, i860, by a fall on the Windacher glacier in the Otzthal, Tyrol, aged 39. Brother of Christopher
K. (1844). (Venn, 11. 252; Crockford; G. Mag , i860, 11. 438; Boase, in. 1230.)
WATSON (post WATSON-ARMSTRONG), WILLIAM HENRY
ARMSTRONG FITZPATRICK. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 10, 1882. [Only] s. of John William, of 65, Eccleston
Square, London (and Margaret Godman, dau. of Patrick
Persse FitzPatrick); [grand-nephew of the founder of
Messrs Armstrong-WTiitworth, the armament firm]. B.
May 3, 1863, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1882;
B.A. 18S5; M..\. 1889. Hon. D.C.L., Durham. Adm. at
Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 2, 1885. .\ director of the Elswick works
and of the North-Eastern Railway Co. Major, Northumber-
land Hussars (Yeomanry). Of Cragside, Rothbury, North-
umberland. High Sheriff of Northumberland, 1899. A Free- man of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1901. Assumed, by Royal
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