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James Watson (1816 – 1880)
James Watson (1816 – 1880) was and English composer, publisher and book-seller born in London. He is best remembered as a senior partner of the publishers Nesbitt & Company of London.
In 1839 Horatius Bonar (1808 – 1889) inducted Watson as a church elder of Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland at Kelso in Scotland before returning an an elder to Regent Square in London where he was associated with composer John Bacchus Dykes (1823 – 1876), writing some tunes himself.
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