Researching Kenneth Watson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 69469 people with the Watson surname? In that year Watson was ranked number 31 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kenneth means "handsome" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Kenneth Watson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kenneth Watson and the Watson Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 87553 people with the Watson surname in the UK? Watson is now ranked number 36 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Kenneth Watson
Kenneth Watson (actor)
Kenneth Watson (16 November 1931 – 21 July 1998) was a British television actor. He is best known for playing Brian Blair in Take the High Road in the 1980s, Ralph Lancaster in Coronation Street from 14 May 1975 to 13 February 1980 and DI Scott in Dixon of Dock Green from 1972-3, together with numerous minor roles in various sitcoms.
Watson was born in London, England in November 1931.
He appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space as Bill Duggan, and was also booked to play a farmer in a later serial The Time Monster but was replaced by George Lee. In film, possibly his most memorable role was also Doctor Who related, with a supporting role in the Peter Cushing vehicle Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..
Watson had a wife, Joan; and two children, Kate and Jamie. He died from pancreatic cancer on 21 July 1998, at the age of 66.
Source: Kenneth Watson (actor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaKenneth Albert Watson
Kenneth Albert Watson, OBE, JP (30 July 1912 – 3 May 1999) was a British businessman in Hong Kong. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Watson was born in Singapore in July 1912. In the 1930s and 1940s on the eve of Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, he served in the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force. Watson became a businessman and the owner of Lammert Brothers Auctioneers Ltd. (which operated out of the Pedder Building in Central post-World War Two). From 1964 to 1970, Watson was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. He provoked the public on the issue of raising telephone fees in 1964 by saying that telephone service in Hong Kong was one of the cheapest in the world on 29 April. Watson was a director of the Hong Kong Telephone Company with two Legislative Council members Kan Yuet-keung and Kwan Cho-yiu who also served at the Hong Kong Telephone.
From July to September 1968, he was provisionally appointed to the Executive Council during the absence of J. A. Saunders. In 1964, he was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his public services in Hong Kong. He died in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England in May 1999 at the age of 86.
Source: Kenneth Albert Watson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Watson
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