Henry Edward Watts (15 October 1826 – 7 November 1904) was a British journalist and author on Spanish topics.
Born at Calcutta on 15 October 1826, he was son of Henry Cecil Watts, head clerk in the police office there, and his wife Emily Weldon.
[1] Back in England, Watts worked for a short-lived Liberal newspaper at York, where he contracted smallpox.
He moved on to London, and around 1868 joined the Standard, acting as leader-writer and sub-editor in the colonial and literary departments.
[1] Watts occupied rooms in Pall Mall before settling at 52 Bedford Gardens, Campden Hill.