Identity area
Reference code
DP/RW
Title
Rowland Watson Series
Date(s)
- 1842, 1900-1985 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
60 files + 22 documents
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Rowland Leonard Watson [d. 15 November 1968], known to friends as "Watty", was a friend to Eleanor Farjeon and the descendants of the Dymock Poets. He was secretary of the fund to establish the Edward Thomas memorial at Steep. Watson was also a friend of the writer and scholar E H W Meyerstein [11 August 1889 - 12 September 1952], and became a joint executor of his will
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mrs Christina Dilley, granddaughter of Rowland Watson, via The Edward Thomas Fellowship on 28 November 2005 (G/11/05/2)