Watson, David jnr, London, cm and u (1774–d. 1810). First recorded living in Westminster in 1774 and by 1777 was trading at 16 Little Bridge St. The business at this date was of modest size and insurance cover in 1781 came to only £200 of which £150 was for utensils and stock. By 1782 the address was 14 Bridge St, Westminster and the business was trading as David Watson & Son. In an insurance policy of 1785 however an address at King St, Westminster is mentioned. Cover on utensils and stock was then £1,000. From 1800 an address at 51 Parliament St, Westminster was in use and this is the one recorded by Thomas Sheraton in the list of master cabinet makers in the Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. David Watson died in 1810 and a receipt for a child's cot and bedding supplied to Georgina, Duchess of Bedford for her house at 2 Hamilton Pl., Piccadilly was given on behalf of ‘the Executors of the late David Watson’. His firm continued trading at the Parliament St address until about 1812. [D; poll bk; GL, Sun MS vol. 254, p. 319; vol. 257, p. 355; vol. 293, p. 461; vol. 333, p. 162; vol. 431, ref. 762532; Gents Mag., 1810, supplement, p. 660; Bedford Office, London]