Sir John Charles Watson, MBE KC (9 July 1883 – 8 February 1944) was an advocate and sheriff from Scotland.
A long-standing activist in the Scottish Liberal Party, his political ambitions were thwarted after his military service in World War I.
Instead he built a successful legal practice, and grew closer to the Labour Party, leading to his appointment in 1929 as a law officer.
His father Henry C. Watson (died 1929)[1] was editor of a local newspaper, the Paisley Daily Express.
Stationed in Palestine from 1916 onward,[1] his duties with the RAF included flying a 12-person secret expedition to the Hedjaz to liaise with Lawrence of Arabia.
[11] Watson was chairman of the Scottish Woolen Comforts Council,[12] and his wife helped to provide woollens to RAF personnel.