He was born to Archibald Roberton of Stainhall, youngest son of John Roberton 9th Laird of Earnock, and Elizabeth Baillie, daughter of Robert Baillie of Jerviston.
The Watson Baronetcy, of Earnock in Hamilton in the County of Lanark, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 July 1895 for John Watson.
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Earnock lies in the Hamilton South constituency of the Scottish Parliament and is represented by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National party.
Hillhouse has no high school of its own, instead pupils wishing to go to a non-denominational school attend Calderside Academy (Formed in a merger between Earnock High School and Blantyre High School), while others attend John Ogilve High School.