Watson baronets of Fulmer (1760)
| Watson baronets | |
|---|---|
 Escutcheon of the Watson baronets of Fulmer | |
| Creation date | 1760 |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1904[1] |
| Motto | Esto quod esse videris (Be what thou seemest to be)[2] |
| Arms | Argent, on a chevron engrailed Azure, between three martlets Sable as many crescents Or.[1] |
| Crest | A griffin's head erased Argent, ducally gorged Or[1] |
The Watson baronetcy, of Fulmer in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 March 1760 for Charles Watson (1751–1844),[3] son of Admiral Sir Charles Watson (1714–1757). He was created a baronet by George II, 22 March 1760, at the age of 8 years, for the services of his father Admiral Watson, who died at Calcutta, 16 August 1757, aged 43, in command of naval forces in the East Indies.[4][5]
The 1st Baronet inherited via his mother the lordship of the Devon manor of Combe Martin, which he sold before 1810.[6]
The title became extinct on the death of the 4th Baronet in 1904.[4]
Watson baronets, of Fulmer (1760)
- Sir Charles Watson, 1st Baronet (1751–1844)[4][5] The monumental inscription above his grave in the Parish Church of St Andrew's West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, reads: "To the memory of Sir Charles Watson, Bart. (whose remains are deposited in a vault beneath) Born at Bradfield, Berkshire, May 29th. O.S. or June 9th. N.S. 1751; died at Wratting Park, in this parish, August 26th. 1844."
- Sir Charles Wager Watson, 2nd Baronet (1800–1852)[4]
- Sir Charles Watson, 3rd Baronet (1828–1888), from 1887 Watson-Copley[4][7]
- Sir Walter Joseph Watson, 4th Baronet (1836–1904)[4]
Extended family
- Robert Godfrey Wolesley Bewicke-Copley, soi-disant 5th Baron Cromwell jure uxoris (1886–1923), was the son of Selina Frances Bewicke-Copley, daughter of the 3rd Baronet, one of the co-heirs of the title of Baron Cromwell, abeyant since 1497. The title was called out of abeyance in 1922 by the House of Lords in 1922, when Selina Bewicke-Copley was named a co-heir.[8]
Gallery
Notes
- 1 2 3 Debrett's baronetage (1921).
- ↑ Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 645.
- ↑ "No. 9984". The London Gazette. 18 March 1760. p. 2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 119–120.
- 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
- ↑ Risdon, Tristram, Survey of Devon, 1810 edition, p.431
- ↑ London Gazette, 18 March 1887, issue:25684, p.1615.
- 1 2 Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929–30). Armorial Families. Vol. I (7th ed.). London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 149.
- ↑ quarterly, 1st and 4th: Argent, a cross moline Sable (Copley); 2nd and third: Argent, on a chevron engrailed Azure, between three martlets Sable as many crescents Or (Watson);crest: 1st, Issuant from a ducal coronet Or, a plume of five ostrich feathers Argent (Copley); 2nd, A griffin's head erased Argent, ducally gorged Or (Watson); motto: In cruce vinco (I conquer by the cross)