Watson Hand

George Watson Hand (6 March 1750 in Hill Ridware – 3 February 1802 in City of London)^[1] was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1780 to 1801.^[2]

Hand was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1767, graduating B.A. in 1771, and M.A. in 1774.^[3] His first post was as Chaplain to Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol.^[4] He held livings at St George Botolph Lane and St Giles-without-Cripplegate. He was a Prebendary of St Paul's and Salisbury.^[5]