Thomas Watters was born on 9 February 1840, and died on 10 January, 1901 at Ealing, London, England.
Thomas Watters was born on 9 February 1840 in Newtownards, in County Down, Ireland.
Thomas Watters, the Presbyterian Minister in Newtownards.
[1][2] He was appointed to a post in the Consular Service of China in 1863 going first to Beijing.
He was then posted in 1887-1888 as Acting Consul General in Korea, in Guangzhou 1891-1893 and then until April, 1895, Consul in Fuzhou, when failing health forced him to retire after 32 years' service in the Far East.