Background
Watkins was the son of Review Thomas Watkins and his wife Susanna Vaughan.
Watkins was the son of Review Thomas Watkins and his wife Susanna Vaughan.
Watkins was educated at Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford.
His father was rector of Llandyfaelog. He held the seat until 1835. He was High Sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1836, and Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1847.
In 1847 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Brecon which he held until 1852.
In 1854 he was re-elected again for Brecon and held the seat until his death in 1865. Watkins lived at Pennoyre where he had an Italianate-style villa built by Anthony Salvin between 1846 and 1848.
He died at the age of 63.
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At the 1832 United Kingdom general election Watkins was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon.