Charles Watson (1714 – August 16, 1757) naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland, Canada, died at Calcutta, India. // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Map of Newfoundland Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...

Watson entered the navy in 1728 and in 1748 became governor of Newfoundland and commander-in-chief of Cape Breton. As governor of Newfoundland he set about to deport Irish and Scots Catholics from the colony. This article needs cleanup. ... Scots may refer to: The Scots language People from Scotland Scottish ethnicity, histroically people of Dalriada, a Gaelic-speaking kingdom in western Scotland Scots (ethnic group) Scottish Gaelic language, sometimes Scots outside of Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Watson's quick rise through the ranks is thought to be attributed from his uncle, Sir Charles Wager, was first lord of the admiralty.

Battle of Plassey

The English settlement at Fort William, India sought assistance from Presidency of Fort St. George at Madras, which sent Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson. They re-captured Calcutta on January 2, 1757, but the Nawab marched again on Calcutta on February 5, 1757, and was surprised by a dawn attack by the English [1]. This resulted in the Treaty of Alinagar on February 7, 1757 [2]. Fort William is a British Raj fort in the Indian city of Calcutta and was named after King William of Orange. ... Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The treaty of Alinagar between Robert Clive of the british East India Company and the Bengal Nawab Mirza Muhammad Sirajuddaula, provided that: The nawab would recognize all the provisions of Farrukh Siyars Farman of 1717, English goods that passed through Bangal would be exempt from duties, The English would... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Service history:

• 1728 joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer per order on the Romney,
• 1734 promoted lieutenant,
• 1738 promoted captain and given command of the Guarland,
• 1748 governor of Newfoundland,
• 1748 promoted rear-admiral of the blue
• 1748 commander-in-chief of Cape Breton,
• 1754 commander-in-chief, East Indies,
• 1757 vice-admiral of the white

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See also

• Governors of Newfoundland
• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

This is a list of viceroys for the colony, dominion and province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... List of people of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ...

External link

• Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Note: The position of governor of the colony had temporarily lapsed after the departure of Richard Edwards and therefore Douglas was not a governor of the island but commodore. Also, no commodore or governor was sent in 1747, the next governor was Charles Watson.