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.
[''The Gentleman's Magazine'', Volumes 192-193] In 1805 he became Paymaster of the
1st The Royal Dragoons. On 1 July 1815, he was appointed Assistant Private Secretary to
The Prince Regent.
[''The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770-1812: 1811-1812''] Prior to that appointment he had been Private Secretary to the
Duke of Cumberland.
In 1819 Watson was appointed a
Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order. He was promoted to Knight Commander and appointed a
Knight Bachelor
The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised Order of chivalry, orders of chivalry; it is a part of the Orders, decorations, and medals ...
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.
In 1843, he anonymously had published ''Religious and Moral Sentences Culled from the Works of Shakespeare, Compared with Sacred Passages Drawn from Holy Writ''.
On 11 July 1852, Watson died at his home on New Place,
St John's Wood, aged 80.
He is buried at
Kensal Green Cemetery.
References
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1773 births
1852 deaths
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
Fellows of the Royal Society
Masters of the Household
Knights Bachelor