Background
Watkins was the son of Review Henry Watkins of Bamburgh, Yorkshire and his wife Frances Mary, daughter of Freeman Bower, Justice of the Peace, Doctor of Laws, of Killerby Hall, Yorkshire and Bawtry, Yorkshire.
Watkins was the son of Review Henry Watkins of Bamburgh, Yorkshire and his wife Frances Mary, daughter of Freeman Bower, Justice of the Peace, Doctor of Laws, of Killerby Hall, Yorkshire and Bawtry, Yorkshire.
He was Archdeacon of York from 1874 until his death. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Westminster School. He was admitted to Christ"s College, Cambridge in 1825 but only kept two terms.
He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1827, and received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts 1830.
Master of Arts 1833; Bachelor's Degree 1840. He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College in 1838-1847. George Pearson was a great-uncle.
Darwin was also an Old Salopian and studied at Christ"s College from 1827 after discontinuing his medical studies at Edinburgh. He was a year older than Charles, and three years younger than Charles"s brother Erasmus Alvey Darwin.
He was Her Majesty Inspector of Schools, 1841-1873.
He died at Bournemouth and is buried in Long Marston, North Yorkshire at All Saints Church.