WATKINS, Henry (c.1666-1727), of Christ Church, Oxford, and Duke Street, Westminster, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1666, 2nd s. of Rev. Richard Watkins, rector, of Whichford, Warws. by Elizabeth Hyckes. educ. Westminster (KS) 1680; Christ Church, Oxf., matric. 16 Dec. 1684, aged 18, BA 1688, MA 1691, lecturer in Greek 1693–5, faculty student 1713–; d. unm. Dugdale, Warws. i. 587; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 319; Alumni Westmonasterienses, 185, 202; E. G. W. Bill, Educ. at Christ Church 1660–1800, pp. 199, 352.

Offices Held

Chief clerk, sec. at war’s office c.1699–1702; judge-adv.-gen. of army 1702– Mar. 1712; sec. to embassy at The Hague Apr. 1711–Jan. 1712; extra envoy, Vienna Dec. 1711; sec. to embassy at Utrecht Jan.– Mar. 1712; inspector of extraordinaries of war in Low Countries Feb. 1712–June 1714; sec. to Duke of Ormond Mar. 1712–?June 1714; registrar to Ormond as warden of Cinque Ports July 1713; sec. to Ld. Arran [I] as chancellor of Oxf. Univ. 1722–d. Br. Dipl. Reps. (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xlvi), 161; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvi. 194, 266–7; xxvii. 303; xxviii. 355; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 718; British Mercury, 28–31 Mar. 1712; Post Boy, 23–25 July 1713; Hearne Colls. ix. 294; HMC Portland, vii. 312.

Parlimentarian

WATKINS, Henry (c.1666-1727), of Christ Church, Oxford, and Duke Street, Westminster, Mdx.

Main residences: Christ Church, Oxford; Duke Street, Westminster, Mdx.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

WATKINS, Henry (c.1666-1727)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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