George Watson (20 February 1768 – 17 June 1824) was a British

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. He was the son of

Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Sondes Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Sondes (28 November 1728 – 30 March 1795), called Hon. Lewis Monson before 1746 and Hon. Lewis Watson from 1746 to 1760, was a British Whig politician and peer. Sondes was the second son of John Monson, 1st Baron Monson ...

of Lees Court, Kent and his wife Grace, the daughter and coheiress of Hon. Henry Pelham of Esher Place, Surrey (later the Prime Minister) and educated at

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(1780–85). He was MP for

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from 1800 to 1806 and appointed High Sheriff of Rutland for 1811–12. He died unmarried aged 56. He was buried at

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