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. | |