Joshua Watson

(1771-1855)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Watson Joshua (1771-1855) Philanthropist DNB: Watson, Joshua (1771–1855), wine merchant and Anglican philanthropist LBT ID: JoWatso1855	B/BAP: 1771-05-09 DIED: 1855-01-30
SOURCES: DNB
Originally a wine merchant, he devoted himself to church affairs as a philanthropist, member of the Hackney Phalanx, and proprietor of the British Critic.
REFERENCES TO Joshua Watson: Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXIV. 1830-1831 Found 1: ¶ 4