years. They lived at the corner of King William Street and North Terrace, later the site of the Bank of New South Wales. He was one of the original trustees of the Savings Bank of South Australia. Their eldest daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, married Charles Hervey Bagot's son Christopher; their son, John Bagot, married Lucy Ayers, daughter of Sir Henry. Their youngest daughter, Jane, married B. T. Solly, Private Secretary to the Governor of Tasmania. He retired on 29 June 1861 and was succeeded by James William Lewis, then in 1870 the Post Office was amalgamated with the Telegraph Office and Charles Todd was appointed as its head. He was an active member of the Aborigines' Friends' Association. Captain Watts died at the Bagot home "Nurney House" between Kingston Terrace and Stanley Street, North Adelaide in 1873, aged almost 87 years. Further reading Primary Sources: Public Record Office: Colonial Office. PRO: CO 323/140. Elizabeth Macquarie to Henry Goulburn, (Letter dated 9 January 1835). Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry into the State of the Colony of New South Wales. (House of Commons Paper 448, 19 June 1822). Adelaide, Libraries of South Australia, 1966. [Australiana Facsimile Editions No.68] p. 28. Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry, on the State of Agriculture and Trade in the Colony of New South Wales. (House of Commons Paper 136, 13 March 1823). Adelaide, Libraries of South Australia, 1966. [Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 70] p. 107. Sydney Gazette, edition of 2 January 1819. Secondary Sources: F. A. Philipp, Notes on the Study of Australian Colonial Architecture, "Historical Studies – Australia and New Zealand", Vol. 8 November 1957 – May 1959, Footnote 21, pp. 412. Hazel King, Lieutenant John Watts and Macquarie's Improvements to Parramatta, RAHS Journal, 1973. Margaret and Alastair Macfarlane, "John Watts: Australia's Forgotten Architect 1814–1819 and South Australia's Postmaster General 1841–1861." Bonnells Bay, NSW. Sunbird Publications, 1992. James Broadbent, "The Australian Colonial House: architecture and society in New South Wales 1788–1842." Sydney, Hordern House, 1997. References External links Biography of John Cliffe Watts (Macquarie University website). Photograph of Captain John Watts (c. 1869, when he was Postmaster General of South Australia) History of the Lancer Barracks, Parramatta (John Watts' last work before leaving New South Wales) Article on Watts' Hospital at Parramatta 1786 births 1873 deaths 19th-century Australian architects Irish architects Australian public servants North Staffordshire Regiment officers 46th Regiment of Foot officers 73rd Regiment