Sir Brook Watson, first baronet

(1735-1807)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Watson, Brook, 1735-1807 NRA: Watson, Sir Brook (1735-1807) 1st Baronet MP Merchant Commissary General DNB: Watson, Sir Brook, first baronet (1735–1807), merchant and army official LBT ID: BrWatso1807 VIAF ID: 19512596 LOC ID: no2009002135	B/BAP: 1735-02-07 DIED: 1807-10-02
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British seaman depicted losing his leg to a shark in a famous painting by John Singleton Copley; he was afterwards a merchant and lord mayor of London.
REFERENCES TO Sir Brook Watson, first baronet: Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, 19 February 1811 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1811