It was created in 1922 in recognition of war services for the Leeds industrialist Joseph Watson.
Joseph Watson Sidebotham (1857–1925), British politician and colliery owner
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Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton (1873–1922), English industrialist; chairman of soap firm Joseph Watson and Sons Ltd.
In 1921 he sold the family seat, Compton Verney House, to Joseph Watson (d.1922), a soap manufacturer from Leeds, who was elevated to the peerage in 1922 as 1st Baron Manton of Compton Verney.
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