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Title: Robert William Seton-Watson
Post by: SWH1 on Friday 17 August 18 15:10 BST (UK)
Hello all, 

I am trying to confirm a place of death for the above gentleman.  Wikipedia  have him as being born in London but R.B Betts(author) claims he was born on the 20th of August 1879. Both parties agree he died on the Isle of Skye in 1951. His father was William Livingstone Watson and mother was Elizabeth Seton . My interest is his roll in Serbia ww1, which I have plenty to go on. But conflicting places of birth are confusing.  Can anyone help? 

Thank you
Alan
Title: Re: Robert William Seton-Watson
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 17 August 18 15:12 BST (UK)
Birth from GRO
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

WATSON, ROBERT  WILLIAM SETON    mmn SETON     
1879  Sept Quarter in HAMPSTEAD reg dist Volume 01A  Page 647   
 
Title: Re: Robert William Seton-Watson
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 17 August 18 15:20 BST (UK)
Dr. R. W. Seton-Watson.
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 28, 1951

Long article which says he died at his home on the Isle of Skye and that he was born in Ayton, Perthshire
Title: Re: Robert William Seton-Watson
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 17 August 18 15:32 BST (UK)
1881 census with his parents in Brighton gives his place of birth as Hampstead
RG11 /1076 f50 p6


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q274-SNK7
Title: Re: Robert William Seton-Watson
Post by: SWH1 on Friday 17 August 18 15:39 BST (UK)
Thank you Rosie 99. 
Title: Re: Robert William Seton-Watson
Post by: ColC on Friday 17 August 18 15:48 BST (UK)
Records on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Robert William Watson age 71 (1880) died 1951 Strath, Inverness-shire

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON WATSON married ELIZABETH LINDS SETON
1878 Newington, Edinburgh

No Robert William but more than one Robert Watson born Edinburgh 1880/1881.

Colin