Charles (Watson) Watson-Copley (1828 - 1888)

Born 6 Apr 1828 in West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Georgina (Tredcroft) Watson-Copley — married 12 May 1854 in Genova, Liguria, Italy

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1888 at age 60 in Cannes, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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Biography

Charles Watson was born on 6 April 1828, a son of Charles Wager Watson and Jemima Charlotte (Colleton) Watson. He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Watson of Fulmer (in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom) on 30 December 1852.

He married Georgina Tredcroft, daughter of the Reverend Robert Tredcroft and Frances Katherine (Pechell) Tredcroft, on 12 May 1854. They had three daughters, and also two sons who died as infants.

Charles Watson's name was legally changed to Charles Watson-Copley when he inherited the Copleys' Sprotborough estate in Yorkshire, England.

He died in April 1888.

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p32585.htm#i325846 (The Peerage, Darryl Lundy: Person Page 32585: Sir Charles Watson-Copley, 3rd Bt., #325846, b. 6 April 1828).

• Wikipedia: Watson baronets.

• https://doncasterhistory.wordpress.com/local-history-2/sprotbrough-hall/ (Doncaster History: Local History 2: Sprotbrough Hall).

• Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Name: Genealogical Books; Location: Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.; Date: 2003), volume 1, page 983.