William Watts (colonial administrator) explained

William Watts was a British colonial governor, a sea captain under the Commonwealth sent to the Caribbean shortly after the English Restoration.^[1] He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla from 1660 to 1666,^[2] and also governed St Kitts.^[3]

Watts was an appointee of Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham.^[4] On St Kitts he ran a profitable sugar cane estate using slave labour.^[5]

As an act of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, Watts sent an expedition against Saint Martin. It brought French retaliation on St Kitts.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: C. S. S. Higham, M.A.. CUP Archive. 34–5. GGKEY:ATDPR6GCKJ8.
2. Web site: Anguilla. World Statesmen. 22 November 2011.
3. Book: Rachel Selbach. Hugo C. Cardoso. Margot van den Berg. Gradual Creolization: Studies Celebrating Jacques Arends. 2009. John Benjamins Publishing. 978-90-272-5256-2. 154 note 6.
4. Book: Louis H. Roper. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke. Constructing Early Modern Empires: Proprietary Ventures in the Atlantic World, 1500-1750. 2007. BRILL. 978-90-04-15676-0. 203.
5. Book: David Watts. The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492. 22 March 1990. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-38651-7. 224.
6. Book: David Watts. The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492. 22 March 1990. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-38651-7. 242.