The Watson, later Kay Baronetcy, of

East Sheen East Sheen, also known as Sheen, is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its long high street has shops, offices, restaurants, cafés, pubs and suburban supermarkets and is also the economic hub for Mort ...

in the County of Surrey, was a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

. It was created on 5 December 1803 for the merchant and soldier

Brook Watson Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (7 February 1735 – 2 October 1807) was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. He is perhaps best known as the subject of John Singleton Copley's painting '' Watson and the Shark, ''which depi ...

, with remainder failing male issue of his own to his great-nephews William Kay and Brook Kay and the male issue of their bodies. Watson died unmarried and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his great-nephew William Kay, the third Baronet. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1918.

Watson, later Kay baronets, of East Sheen (1803)

* Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (died 1807) *Sir William Kay, 2nd Baronet (died 1850) *Sir Brook Kay, 3rd Baronet (1780–1866) *Sir Brook Kay, 4th Baronet (1820–1907) *Sir William Algernon Kay, 5th Baronet (1837–1914) *Sir William Algernon Ireland Kay, 6th Baronet (1876–1918)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kay East Sheen Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronetcies created with special remainders