Raymond Sanders "Ray" Watson AM (24 December 1922 – 26 October 2010) was an Australian judge of the Family Court.

[1] Watson was born in Penrith,[2] Sydney, to a road contractor, and received sporadic education.

He worked for the New South Wales transport department in order to put himself through high school.

[3] Just after the war, Watson lived in Austinmer with his wife and son and ran as a Liberal candidate for Werriwa in the 1946 federal election, running on a platform of housing affordability.

[2] He rose to sit as a judge on the first Family Court in the 1970s, where he advocated the priority of children's welfare and no-fault divorce.