Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton was an English industrialist from Leeds, Yorkshire.
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton, by John Lavery, 1922
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton. Portrait sketch by John A M Hay, 1923
Advertisement for Watson's Matchless Cleanser soap, advertised in 1910 as "the most popular soap in Great Britain" Illustration by Howard Davie, August 1898. Other brands of Joseph Watson & Co Ltd were Sparkla polishing soap, Nubolic disinfectant soap, Venus toilet soap and Bumpo soap powder.
Cartoon in The Daily Mirror, 22 October 1906: a parody of William Lever, whose factory was named "Port Sunlight"
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Alec Taylor Jr., known as the Wizard of Manton, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor Sr.
