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Statue of John Watts in the Trinity Church Cemetery in New York. John Watts was born on August 27, 1749, in New York City.He was the son of John Watts (1715–1789), a Scottish immigrant from a wealthy family, and Ann DeLancey (1723–1784), a descendant of the Schuyler family and Van Cortlandt family.
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer.He became the 9th person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
Watts was appointed commanding officer of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1970, an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, in 1972 and Director SAS in 1975. [2] He went on to be commander of the Sultan of Oman's Land Forces in 1979 and Chief of Defence Staff for the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces in 1984, before retiring in 1987. [1]
John Arthur Watts (19 April 1947 – 8 September 2016) was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1983 and 1997. Watts was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School, Hillingdon , and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge , where he chaired the Cambridge University Conservative Association . [ 1 ]
Sir John Augustus Fitzroy Watts KCMG CBE (1921 or 1922 – 11 May 2015) was a Grenadian dentist, politician and co-founder of the Grenada National Party. Early years
John Watts (Royal Navy officer) (1755–1801), midshipman on James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific John Watts (Cherokee chief) (died 1802), also known as "Young Tassel" John Watts (sailor) (c. 1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia
John Albert Watts (later known as John K. Watts, 21 January 1937 – 3 June 2017) was an Australian rules football player and radio broadcaster and television personality. [1] He worked in the police force before starting his football career.
Curlin was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John C. Watts and served in Congress (from December 4, 1971, through January 3, 1973).