Skipsey: His Life and Work (1909) T. Fisher Unwin, London. References Sources Percy Corder (1914) The Life of Robert Spence Watson, Headley Bros., London John Morley, Joseph Cowen and Robert Spence Watson. Liberal Divisions in Newcastle Politics, 1873 - 1895, by E I Waitt, Thesis submitted for the degree of PhD at the University of Manchester, October 1972. Copies at Manchester University, Newcastle Central and Gateshead public libraries. Entry on Robert Spence Watson, on Ben Beck's website Entry on Robert Spence Watson, on the website of Watson Burton, the law firm of which he was a founding partner External links Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Robert Spence Watson English Quakers English solicitors Politicians from Newcastle upon Tyne Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne Presidents of the Liberal Party (UK) British travel writers 1837 births 1911 deaths Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 19th-century English lawyers