Men-at-the-Bar/Watson, William, Baron Watson of Thankerton

by Joseph Foster

Watson, William, Baron Watson of Thankerton, so created 28 April, 1880, under the "Appellate Jurisdiction Act," LL.D. Edinburgh 1876, P.C. 1878, lord of appeal in ordinary since 1880, dean of the Faculty of Advocates Scotland 1875–6, solicitor-general for Scotland 1874–6, lord advocate 1876–80, M.P. Glasgow and Aberdeen Univs. 1876–80, D.L. Edinburgh, educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Univs. (son of Rev. Thomas Watson, minister of Covington, Lanarks); born ⁠, 1828; married ⁠, 1868, Margaret, dau. of Dugald John Bannatyne, Esq. (see Foster's Peerage).

Gillesbie, Lockerbie, N.B.; 34, Moray Place, Edinburgh; 20, Queen's Gate, S.W.; Carlton, Athenæum, and Scottish Conservative Clubs.