Background
Watson, William was born on August 2, 1858 in Burley - in - Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Of Yorkshire ancestry on both sides. His father became a merchant in Liverpool.
Watson, William was born on August 2, 1858 in Burley - in - Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Of Yorkshire ancestry on both sides. His father became a merchant in Liverpool.
Doctor of Laws Aberdeen, 1904.
Initially popularly recognised, he was then neglected because of changing tastes. He suffered a breakdown later in 1892 and was passed over for the position of Laureate in favour of Alfred Austin. Watson married Adeline Maureen Pring in 1909.
They had two daughters.
Club: Devonshire.
Spouse 1909, Adeline Maureen Pring of Howth, Dublin.