Maurice Emygdius Watts (11 June 1878 – 22 February 1933) was an Indian lawyer, civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore from 1925 to 1929.

[1] He had his early education in Madras and after graduating in law, entered the Madras provincial service in 1901.

[2] Watts died on 22 February 1933 in London, aged 54.

Watt's sister, Dorothia Henriett Watts, was a teacher who served as governess and tutor to the princesses of the royal family of Travancore.

[3] After India's independence in 1947, she settled down in Kotagiri in Nilgiris District, where she spent her last years.