from his uncle, Sir Charles Wager, who was first lord of the admiralty. There is a memorial to Watson in Westminster Abbey, London. Marriage and children He married Rebecca Buller, daughter of John Francis Buller (1695–1751) of Morval in Cornwall, in 1741. She was co-heiress of the manor of Combe Martin, inherited jointly with her brother Francis Buller of Antony House in Cornwall from her father. Their son and heir was: Sir Charles Watson, 1st Baronet, of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, created a baronet in 1760. See also Governors of Newfoundland List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador References External links Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial described at UK National Maritime Museum - Maritime Memorials Admiral Watson's Monument in Calcutta 1714 births 1757 deaths Governors of Newfoundland Colony Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War