James Watney, Jr.

James Watney Jr. (19 May 1832 – 2 November 1886) was a prominent member of the Watney family and a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Surrey.

Family and early life Born in 1832, Watney was the eldest son of the brewer James Watney and his wife Rebecca Spurrell. His youngest brother was the physician Herbert Watney.

Watney played first-class cricket for Surrey (1851) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (1851–1852).

He married Blanche Maria Georgiana, daughter of Frederick Salmon Burrell, on 8 July 1856 and lived at Haling Park in Croydon, Beddington in Surrey. He sat as the second member of the two-seat constituency until it was abolished at the 1885 election, making 61 contributions in the House of Commons between 1872 and 1882, but none in 1875.

Watney served as Master of the Mercers' Company in 1879.

He died on 2 November 1886 at Englemere House in Ascot, Berkshire, outliving his father by 16 months. His widow died on 3 February 1915.

Watney's burial, held at Brookwood Cemetery on 6 November, was attended by a large number of mourners, including staff of the Stag Brewery.