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H. W. Watson

Owner of Hamsterley Colliery in the Derwent valley in the 1860s; Wikipedia gives the name as W. H. Watson. His daughter Alice Edith married Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith, later a director of Hamsterley Colliery Ltd.

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Hamsterley Colliery County Durham 1864–?

Record created: 1 October 2026 · Last researched: 1 October 2026

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