James Watney junior
James Watney junior (19 May 1832 – 2 November 1886) was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey from 1871 to 1885.
James was the eldest son of James Watney and Rebecca Spurrell and was a partner in the family brewing business Watney Combe & Reid.[1] He played first-class cricket for Surrey (1851) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (1851–1852), and later served as Master of the Mercers' Company in 1879.
He married Blanche Maria Georgiana Burrell on 8 July 1856[2] and lived at Beddington, Surrey, and Thorney House, Palace Gate, Kensington.[3] She died on 3 February 1915.[4]
References
- ^ Spurrell, J. C., The life of Charles Spurrell and his family's links to the Watney and Gray brewing families, Brewery History No. 138 (December 2010)
- ^ Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London.
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47516 - Retrieved on 31 December 2010
- ^ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Watney junior
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