|
William Watts (British Army Officer)
William Watts may refer to: * William Watts (East India Company official) (c. 1722–1764), British official involved in the overthrow of the last independent ruler of Bengal * William Watts (fl. 1512–1518), mayor of Reading * William Watts (priest), Archdeacon of Llandaff, 1706–1722 * William Watts (engraver) (1752–1851), English line-engraver * William Watts (colonial administrator), deputy governor of Anguilla * William Watts (Virginian) (1817–1877), American politician and businessman in Virginia * William Walter Watts (1856–1920), botanist - moss expert * William Carleton Watts (1880–1956), rear admiral in US Navy * William John Watts (1846–1907), Quebec businessman, lawyer and politician * William Arthur Watts (1930–2010), botanist and educator * William Whitehead Watts (1860–1947), geologist * William Watts (inventor), inventor of the shot tower * William Watts (translator) (1590–1649), English cleric and author * William Mavor Watts William Mavor Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watts (East India Company Official)
William Watts ( – 4 August 1764) was a British official with the East India Company. He was involved in the overthrow of the last independent ruler of Bengal, leading directly to the consolidation of Company rule in India and his own personal enrichment. Through his wife Begum Johnson, he had notable descendants, including a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Early life and marriage Watts was born about 1722, a son of William Watts of London, an academy master (teacher), and his first wife Mary Hills. On 24 March 1749 in Calcutta, William married Frances Altham, née Croke (10 April 7251728 – 3 February 1812), a well-connected widow. She is known to history as Begum Johnson and lived most of her remarkably long life in Calcutta, which in 1772 became the ''de facto'' capital of British India. This connected William Watts to the Governors of Fort St. David and of Calcutta. Career Watts was chief of the Kasimbazar (or Cossimbazar) factory (trading post) of the East India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Reading
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watts (priest)
William Watts (b Much Marcle 14 March 1667; d Abbey Dore 15 October 1722) was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 18th century. Watts was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He graduated B.A. in 1666, M.A. in 1669, and B.D. in 1676. Watts became Rector of Abbey Dore in1677; a Canon of Hereford Cathedral in 1677; Precentor of Hereford in 1686; and Archdeacon of Llandaff The Archdeacon of Llandaff is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Llandaff, one of three archdeaconries in the dioc ... in 1707. Notes 18th-century Welsh Anglican priests Archdeacons of Llandaff Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford People from Herefordshire 1722 deaths 1647 births {{Welsh-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watts (engraver)
William Watts (1752–1851) was an English line-engraver. Life The son of a master silk weaver in Moorfields, London, Watts was born early in 1752. He received his art training from Paul Sandby and Edward Rooker, and on Rooker's death in 1774 continued the '' Copper-plate Magazine''. Watts sold up at his house at Kemp's Row, Chelsea, London and went to Italy, reaching Naples in September 1786. After about a year he returned, and lived at Sunbury, Middlesex. In 1789 he went to Carmarthen, in 1790 to the Hotwells in Bristol, and in 1791 to Bath where he spent two years. Interested by the French Revolution, and went to Paris in 1793, where some of his views of English country seats were engraved in colours by Laurent Guyot. He invested most of the property that he had inherited from his father, with his own earnings, in the French funds; and all of it was confiscated (though he recovered some of it after the peace in 1815). His losses compelled him to return to engraving, retiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watts (colonial Administrator)
William Watts was a British colonial governor, a sea captain under the Commonwealth sent to the Caribbean shortly after the English Restoration. He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla from 1660 to 1666, and also governed St Kitts. Watts was an appointee of Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham. On St Kitts he ran a profitable sugar cane estate using slave labour. As an act of the Second Anglo-Dutch War The Second Anglo-Dutch War or the Second Dutch War (4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667; nl, Tweede Engelse Oorlog "Second English War") was a conflict between Kingdom of England, England and the Dutch Republic partly for control over the seas a ..., Watts sent an expedition against Saint Martin. It brought French retaliation on St Kitts. References Deputy Governors of Anguilla Governors of British Saint Christopher {{Anguilla-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watts (Virginian)
William Watts (December 20, 1817 – May 1, 1877) was a nineteenth-century American lawyer, soldier and politician from Virginia. As a politician, Watts served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. Early life Watts was born in Campbell County, Virginia in 1817. He was educated at University of Virginia where he attained an M.D. in 1840, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1841-42. Career As an adult, Watts began a law practice Roanoke County in 1842. Watts was the president of the Branch Bank of Virginia from 1850-61. In 1850, Watts was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of three delegates elected from the Valley delegate district made up of his home district of Roanoke County as well as Botetourt, Alleghany and Bath Counties. During the American Civil War, Watts served in the Confederate States Army. Initially being commissioned as Major in the 19th Virginia Infantry; in 1862 he tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Walter Watts
Reverend William Walter Watts (1856–1920) was one of New South Wales's greatest authorities on moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor .... He might be best known for his unfinished ''Census of Australian Mosses.'' The fern genus '' Revwattsia'' is named in his honour as are at least 30 other species including the fern species '' Grammitis wattsii''. Further reading * References Bryologists 20th-century Australian botanists Colony of New South Wales people 1856 births 1920 deaths 19th-century Australian botanists {{Australia-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carleton Watts
William Carleton Watts (February 18, 1880 – January 5, 1956) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II. Biography Early life and career Watts was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the youngest son of U.S. diplomat Ethelbert Watts (1846–1919) and his first wife Emily Pepper Watts. He was a direct descendant of Frederick Watts, a brigadier-general in the colonial army during the Revolutionary War. He attended the United States Naval Academy from 1894 to 1898 and graduated at age 18, ranking second in his class. During the Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (clock ..., which began as his senior year ended, he served on the protected cruiser . He was promoted to ensign in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Watts
William John Watts (May 1, 1846 – September 4, 1907) was a businessman, lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Drummond-Arthabaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1874 to 1885 and Drummond from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1901 as a Conservative. He was born in Drummondville, Canada East, the son of Robert Nugent Watts and Charlotte Sheppard. Watts studied at McGill University, was called to the Quebec bar in 1869 and set up practice in Drummondville. He also owned several mills. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1874 by-election held after Wilfrid Laurier was elected to the House of Commons. In 1882, he married Mary Louisa Millar. Watts resigned his seat in 1885 following the execution of Louis Riel. He was defeated by Joseph Peter Cooke when he ran for reelection in 1890. He resigned his seat in 1901 after he was named registrar for Montreal West Montreal West (French: Montréal-Ouest) is an Greater Montreal, on-island subu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arthur Watts
William Arthur Watts (26 May 1930 – 26 April 2010) was a Professor in Botany at and - (later) Provost of - Trinity College Dublin. He was born in Dublin's docklands and studied Modern Languages at Trinity, where he was elected a Scholar in 1950, graduating in 1952 and in Natural Sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ... the following year. He became a fellow of Trinity in 1960, Reader in Botany in 1964, Professor in 1966 and Provost from 1981 to 1991. He was President of the Royal Irish Academy from 1982 to 1986. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Wiliam Arthur 1930 births 2010 deaths Fellows of Trinity College Dublin 20th-century Irish botanists Presidents of the Royal Irish Academy Provosts of Trinity College Dublin Scholars of Trinity Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Whitehead Watts
Prof William Whitehead Watts FRS HFRSE FGS FMS LLD (7 June 1860 – 30 July 1947) was a British geologist. Life He was born near Broseley in Shropshire, the eldest of two sons of Isaac Watts, but then a music master, and his wife, Maria Whitehead, daughter of a farmer. He was educated at Bitterley and Shifnal Grammar Schools then went to Denstone College. He then studied Sciences at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, becoming a fellow in 1888–94; he gained first class honours in geology in 1881, graduated BA in 1882 and MA in 1885, and became ScD in 1909. He lectured for the Cambridge University Extension Scheme for ten years. He began to study the geology of Shropshire and his first paper on the subject was published in 1885. He worked with Charles Lapworth on Shelve and the Corndon and taught at Mason College (which later became Birmingham University) during Lapworth's absence. He taught geology at the University of Oxford from 1888, then in 1891 he joined the Geological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watts (inventor)
A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns, and for ballast, radiation shielding, and other applications for which small lead balls are useful. Shot making Process In a shot tower, lead is heated until molten, then dropped through a copper sieve high in the tower. The liquid lead forms tiny spherical balls by surface tension, and solidifies as it falls. The partially cooled balls are caught at the floor of the tower in a water-filled basin.. The now fully cooled balls are checked for roundness and sorted by size; those that are "out of round" are remelted. A slightly inclined table is used for checking roundness. To make larger shot sizes, a copper sieve with larger holes is used. The maximum size is limited by the height of the tower, because larger shot sizes must fall farther to solidify. A shot tower with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
