Ronald
Chancellor Watt was born in Bangledesh in 1816. His father, General B.S.
Watt, was an American soldier who was forced to flee his homeland when it
was discovered he had Canadian sympathies during the final days of the
War of 1812. He met Sister Gwynith Chancellor, an English missionary working
in Borneo, while he was hiding there from the American army. Although Sister Gwynith
was a nun, she left her church in order to live in sin with the handsome
ex-general and together they created Mother Mars, one of the world's earliest and most successful space-alien religious cults. While scouting for a location in which to base their church, they were visiting Bangledesh when their first son Ronald(Ronny)was born.
At age 13, when Watt
learned of his father's dessertion from America, he left his family's church in shame
and sought to find his own way in the world. His teen years are vague,
but it is known that he showed up in Uraguay circa 1837. It was here, it
is speculated, that he may have written an early draft of Revolting Subjects. Documents,
though sketchy, suggest he spend several years in prison there for the solicitation of
elderly ladies for the purpose of sexual deeds. This story, however, may be exaggerated,
due to Watt's much-publicised later love affair with his mother-in-law.
By 1847,
he was living with his wife and mother-in-law in Peking. The family spent
about a dozen years here, and Revolting Subjects was published in Britain
during this time. The novel was printed in monthly installments in Prominence
Magazine between 1849-51.
Watt died
of syphillus in 1858 at age 42. Two months after his mother-in-law,
and just a matter of weeks before his wife also succumbed to this same unfortunate
condition. Fortunately,
the family produced no offspring.
All of Watt's other works were published post-humously.
For an indepth account of Watt's life and times, read "Watt?", by Henry Lowjowls (Harper
Press Int., 1979).
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