Charles Watkins (legal writer)

Charles Watkins (died 1808) was a Welsh lawyer and legal writer.

Life

His father was the Rev. William Watkins of Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire.^[1] He practised from 1799 as a certificated conveyancer, until his death on 15 February 1808.^[2]

Works

Watkins was author of:^[2]

• An Enquiry into the Title and Powers of His Majesty as Guardian of the Duchy of Cornwall during the late Minority of its Duke, n.d.
• An Essay towards the further Elucidation of the Law of Descents, 1793; 3rd edit. by Robert Studley Vidal, 1819; 4th edit. by Joshua Williams, 1837.
• Reflections on Government in general, with their Application to the British Constitution, 1796.
• Introduction (on the feudal system) to the fourth edition of Sir Geoffrey Gilbert's Law of Tenures, 1796.
• A Treatise on Copyholds, 1797–1799, 2 vols.; 3rd edit. by Vidal, 1821, 2 vols.; 4th edit. by Coventry, 1825.
• An Enquiry into the Question, whether the Brother of the Paternal Grandmother shall succeed to the Inheritance of the Son in preference to the Brother of the Paternal Great-grandmother, 1798.
• Principles of Conveyancing, designed for the Use of Students, 1800; 9th edit. by Henry Hopley White, 1845.

Notes

1. Brown, Robert. "Watkins, Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28823. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2.  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Watkins, Charles (d.1808)". Dictionary of National Biography 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Watkins, Charles (d.1808)". Dictionary of National Biography 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.