Robert Nugent Watts was a political figure in Canada East

Canada East

Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....

. He represented Drummond in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...

 from 1841 to 1851.

He was an assistant in the office of the civil secretary for Lower Canada

Lower Canada

The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

. Watts lived in Drummondville

Drummondville, Quebec

Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 67,392...

 in the home of his cousin Frederick George Heriot

Frederick Heriot

Frederick George Heriot was a British army officer, who fought in the War of 1812 and subsequently became a landowner and administrator in Canada....

, from whom he inherited property. In 1839, he married Charlotte, the daughter of William Sheppard. Watts was lieutenant-colonel in the militia.

His son William John

William John Watts

William John Watts was a businessman, lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Drummond-Arthabaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1874 to 1885 and Drummond from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1901 as a Conservative.He was born in Drummondville, Canada East, the son of...

later served in the Quebec assembly.