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Of information on Captain Charles Henry Watson (1844-1925) compiled by his great-grandson Robert B. (Bob) Primrose, July 2011. Captain Watson was the first native born Western Australian to have received the Royal Humane Society's medal and to pass the Board of Trade examination in London as a master mariner.
This book describes the history of a humble family that migrated from England to Ireland in the mid 17th c and put down roots at Kilconnor, County Carlow. By the end of the century many members of the family had joined the Society of Friends and were part of the landed gentry. During the late 17th c and 18th c family members established themselves elsewhere in Ireland and later in Australia, England and New Zealand where they rose to prominence in a wide variety of roles, eventually abandoning Friends for the established church. Today the family is still held in high regard for its past and ongoing contributions to equestrian sports including horse racing, fox-hunting, polo and in this era, ...