George Graeme Watson-Taylor
1816–65
Owner of the Mediterranean island of Monte Cristo. Purchased Monte Cristo in 1852, having been ordered to the Mediterranean for his health. In 1860, with his wife, Victorine, convicted by a Sardinian court of sedition, but granted remission of penalties. Fled to Britain and sought compensation from the Sardinian government following the sacking of Monte Cristo by Giuseppe Garibaldi’s troops.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
Burke’s landed gentry 1868, Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates 3d ser. 167 (1862): 545–608.
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.
