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 he was chosen, in 1864, to be the first native Judge of the Bombay High Court : retired many years before his death : died July 18, 1894.

WATERFIELD, SIR HENRY (1837–)

Born June 30, 1837 : son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield, Senior Clerk of the India Board : educated at Westminster : served at the India Board and Office, 1853–1902 : Secretary in the Financial Department, 1879–1902 : C.B., 1885 : K.C.S.I., 1893 : G.C.I. E., 1902.

WATSON, CHARLES (1714–1757)

Son of the Rev. Dr. John Watson : born 1714 : joined the Navy, 1728 : Rear Admiral, 1748 : C. in C. in East Indies, 1754–7 : defeated the pirate Angria of Gheria at sea, Feb, 13, 1756, while Clive co-operated by land : went up with Clive to Calcutta in 1756 (after the Black Hole tragedy) : retook Calcutta and Hughli, and took Chandernagore : his name, not written by Watson, was appended, with Clive's knowledge, as a fraud to a fictitious engagement with Omichund, the intermediary between Clive and Mir Jafar : his Force assisted Clive at Plassy : he died, from the climate, on Aug. 16, 1757 : his monument erected at Westminster Abbey.

WATSON, HENRY (1737–1786)

Born 1737 : joined the 52nd foot, 1755 : educated at Woolwich : became an engineer, 1759 : served at Belleisle, 1761, and Havana, 1762 : joined E. I. Co.'s service at Calcutta, 1764 : Field Engineer, and commanded the troops : Chief Engineer, 1765 : commenced docks at Calcutta, and was engaged on the defences of Fort William and works at Budge Budge and Melancholy Point : built vessels and commenced docks at Kidderpur, near Calcutta : was again in India, 1780–6 : resigned : died Sep. 17, 1786.

WATSON, SIR JAMES (1772–1862)

Son of Major Watson : served under the Duke of York in 1793–4 : also in the W. Indies : commanded the 14th regt. at the capture of the Isle of France and of Java : in the Pindari and Mahratta wars : General Officer on the Staff in India, 1830 : to England in 1837 : Colonel of the 14th regt. : died Aug. 12, 1862.

WATSON, JOHN ( ? –1774)

Commodore : as a volunteer at Surat, 1748, drove off an attack of the natives : and in 1751 brought the E. I. Company's cruisers up the Surat river to assist the factory, when again besieged : by swimming a river he gave information to the garrison : commanded a squadron in 1761, against Surat, and assisted at the conquest of Pondicherry : destroyed the fortresses of pirates, 1765 : Superintendent of Naval Department and Member of Council, Bombay, 1767 : commanded the ships at the capture of Mangalore, 1768, and of Broach, 1772 : mortally wounded at the siege of Tanna, and died at Bombay, 1774.

WATSON, SIR JOHN (1829–)

Born 1829 : entered the Bombay Army, 1848 : served in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9 : Bozdar expedition, 1857 : in the 1st Panjab Cavalry in the mutiny, 1857–9 : gained the V.C. during Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow, Nov. 14, 1857, for his gallant attack on a number of the enemy's cavalry, and for gallantry on many other occasions : Umbeyla campaign, 1863, commanded the Central India Horse, 1871 : Resident at Gwalior, 1877 : Officiating A. G.G. for Central India : commanded the Cavalry despatched from Bombay to Malta, 1878 : commanded the Panjab Chiefs' Contingent in the Afghan war, 1879–80 : Agent to the Governor-General at Baroda, 1882–6 : K.C.B., 1886 : General 1891 : G.C.B.. 1902.

WATSON, JOHN FORBES (1827–1892)

Born 1827 : educated at Aberdeen University : M.D., 1847 : and at Guy's Hospital, and Paris : was in the Bombay Medical service, 1850–3 : in England investigated, for the Court of Directors, the nutritive values of the food grains of India : appointed Reporter on the Products of India and Director of the Indian Museum, 1858–79 : proposed, in 1874, an Indian Museum, Library, and Institute, which conduced to the establishment of the Imperial Institute : represented India at International <section end="Watson, John Forbes" />