Frederick Beilby Watson
Sir Frederick Beilby Watson, KCH, FRS (1773–11 July 1852) was a British courtier.
Watson was the son of William Watson, who was Ranger of Books (i.e. librarian) at the Treasury, and Elizabeth, née Beilby.[1] In 1805 he became Paymaster of the 1st The Royal Dragoons.[2] On 1 July 1815, he was appointed Assistant Private Secretary to The Prince Regent.[3] Prior to that appointment he had been Private Secretary to the Duke of Cumberland.[3]
In 1819 Watson was appointed a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order.[4] He was promoted to Knight Commander and appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1827 and became Master of the Household that year, an office he held during the reigns of George IV, William IV and the early days of Victoria.[1][5] In 1843, he anonymously had published Religious and Moral Sentences Culled from the Works of Shakespeare, Compared with Sacred Passages Drawn from Holy Writ.[6]
On 11 July 1852, Watson died at his home on New Place, St John's Wood, aged 80.[1] He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.[7]
References
- ^ a b c The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 192-193
- ^ "No. 15811". The London Gazette. 28 May 1805. p. 718.
- ^ a b The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770-1812: 1811-1812
- ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906), The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland, vol. 2, London: Sherratt and Hughes
- ^ "No. 18362". The London Gazette. 18 May 1827. p. 1081.
- ^ Hamlin, Hannibal (2013), The Bible in Shakespeare, Oxford: OUP, ISBN 9780199677610
- ^ Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 103.
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