Neil Lachlan Watson OBE (10 December 1905 – 28 April 1990) was a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Invercargill from 1962 to 1971.

His father, John Lachlan McGillivray Watson, was a lawyer, and his mother, Laetitia Frances Menzies, was the daughter of superintendent of the Southland Province James Alexander Robertson Menzies.

He served three terms as mayor, overseeing various improvements to the city, including a new airport and new library.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to local government.

[1][2][3] Watson died in Rotorua on 29 April 1990, aged 84,[1] and was buried at Invercargill's Eastern Cemetery.