Background
Watson was the son of William Watson, who was Ranger of Books (ie librarian) at the Treasury, and Elizabeth, née Beilby.
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Frederick Watson
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In 1805 he became Paymaster of the 1st The Royal Dragoons. On 1 July 1815, he was appointed Assistant Private Secretary to The Prince Regent. Prior to that appointment he had been Private Secretary to the Duke of Cumberland.
In 1843, he anonymously had published Religious and Moral Sentences Culled from the Works of Shakespeare, Compared with Sacred Passages Drawn from Holy Writ.
On 11 July 1852, Watson died at his home on New Place, Street John"s Wood, aged 80. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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Royal Society.
