Person:Adam Watson (2)

Adam G. WATSON was born abt 1876. In 1881 Margaret B. Watson, wife, head (b.1847 Erskine, Renfrews), and children: Janet M. (b.1873 Moffat, Dumfriess), William (b.1874 Edinburgh), Adam G. (b.1877 Edinburgh), David K. (b.1878 Edinburgh) and 8 servants lived at 34 Moray Place, Edinburgh (census). In 1901 the Edinburgh born advocates Hon. Adam G. Watson (1877) and Hon. Wm. Watson (1874) lodged at Edinburgh (census) The Hon Adam George Watson, 25 Melville St., Edinburgh, was in 8th Battalion Royal Scots in WW1 (medal roll, ancestry.com).

Hon. Adam George Watson, WS (15aug1876-30may1948), his 1st wife Gwendoline Mary Lodge (1jun1883-16nov1918) and his 2nd wife, Ella Maud Ballingall (30jul1889-1mar1966), were buried at Dean Cemetary, Edinburgh (gravestonephotos). Adam was 44 when he married Ella Maud BALLINGAL in 1920 (marriage record, scotlandspeople). The marriages of 2 daughters from Adam’s marriage before marrying Maud are reported in the Times. Ella Maud BALLINGALL, aged 31, of 4 Lansdowne Crescent, Edinburgh, daughter of George David Ballingall, writer to the Signet, and Annie Niven McLean Ballingall nee Masterton, married at St. (Johns?) Church, Princes St., Edinburgh, 2dec1920 Adam G. WATSON, writer to the Signet, aged 44, widower, of 12 Abercromby (Place?), Edinburgh, son of the Right Honorable William Baron Watson of Thankerton, deceased, and Margaret Watson nee Bannatyne, deceased. Witnesses were Geoff Gordon, Geo. D. Ballingall and W. Watson (scotlandspeople). In the Times 23nov1920 and 3dec1920 there are articles on the wedding of Hon. Adam George Watson, W.S., 12 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh and Maud, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ballingall, 4 Lansdowne Crescent, Edinburgh, at St John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, on 2dec1920. the bridesmaids were the bride’s cousins, Gladys Gulland and Beatrice Ballingall. The Hon. and Mrs. William Watson were present. Adam Watson was the brother of the Hon. Ronald Bannatyne Watson (born 1883 in Edinburgh) a cricketer (family letters, internet). Times, 2aug1938: marriage arranged of Lord Montgomerie, son of the Earl of Eglinton and Winton and Beatrice Countess of Eglinton and Winton, and Ursula, elder daughter of Hon. Ronald and Mrs. Watson of 11 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh. Their marriage was reported 11nov1938; guests were Hon. Adam and Mrs. Watson.

On death, 1923, of Jane Bannatyne, spinster, Beacon Downes Pinhoe nr Exeter, stock was transmitted to Andrew Millar Bannatyne (writer, 145 W. George St., Glasgow), Hon Adam George Watson (WS, 25 Melville St., Edinburgh), Hon Ronald Bannatyne Watson (stockbroker, 4 St. Andrews Sq., Edinburgh) (GWR shares, findmypast).

1.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
2.   Family letters (1).
3.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).