George Graeme Watson-Taylor (1816–65)

Owner of the Mediterranean island of Monte Cristo. Purchased Monte Cristo in 1852, having been ordered to the Mediterranean for his health. In 1860, with his wife, Victorine, convicted by a Sardinian court of sedition, but granted remission of penalties. Fled to Britain and sought compensation from the Sardinian government following the sacking of Monte Cristo by Giuseppe Garibaldi’s troops.