Article - Watts, William Cowley

Historical information

This file contains four items about William Cowley Watts, brother of Thomas Henry Watts:.
1/ Photocopy of two articles from newspapers on one page. One entitled "Portait for the Mayoral Gallery" (Caulfield Contact 01/09/1988) relates to a portrait of William Cowley Watts, who was the Shire President of Caulfield in 1876 and 1883, being added to Council's memorial gallery of Mayors. The other entitled "GLENHUNTLY-steeped in history" (Southern Cross 18/06/1986) states that the history of the suburb Glenhuntly is derived from the house Glen Huntly built in 1855 as the home of Thomas Watts. It was the first architect designed house in Caulfield. A black and white photograph of the house with Thomas Watts' family is included in the Southern Cross article. The house was named after the ship Glen Huntly which travelled from Scotland to Port Phillip Bay arriving 7 April 1840
2/ Research notes (2 pages) on the Watts family of Caulfield being one line of info (likely from rate books but unsourced and undated) giving 1874 details of a property in Orrong Road for William Cowley Watts on one page; plus a separate page with one line of information (unsourced and undated) giving 1910 Directory information for James S Watts architect at "Whybe" Murray St E. south side.
3/ An A4 typed article about William Cowley Watts which is similar but not the same as the Caulfield Contact article above.
4/ A photocopy combining a photo of a head and shoulders portrait of a man with handwritten notes identifying him as William Cowley Watts (1839-1883), Shire President of Caulfield, City Surveyor of Melbourne.

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