William Watts was a British official with the East India Company. He was involved in the overthrow of the last independent ruler of Bengal, leading directly to the consolidation of Company rule in Ben
Mir Jafar and his son Miran delivering the Treaty of 1757 to William Watts
Sir Thomas Lawrence Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool RCIN 404930 Royal Collection
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming prime minister he had been foreign sec
William Watts (East India Company official)
…the consolidation of Company rule in Bengal and his own personal enrichment. Through his wife Begum Johnson, he had notable descendants, including a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Watts was born about 1722, a son of William Watts of London, an academy master (teacher), and his first wife Mary Hills…
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