Burges Watson
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|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1902|09|21|1846|09|24}}
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|death_place= Malta
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|rank= Rear Admiral
|branch= 23px Royal Navy
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Rear Admiral Burges Watson, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CVO}} (24 September 1846 – 21 September 1902)"Watson, Rear-Adm. Burges, (24 Sept. 1846–21 Sept. 1902)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Oxford University Press. was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard.
Naval career
Watson entered the Royal Navy in 1860, was promoted to lieutenant in 1866, and to commander in 1879.
Promoted to captain on 31 December 1885,{{London Gazette|issue=25545|page=7|date=1 January 1886}} Watson became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Leander in February 1889 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Royal Oak in January 1896.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |title=Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships |accessdate=1 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |archivedate=14 July 2015 }} He went on to be Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard from October 1896 until October 1899. A naval Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria from 1898 to 1899, he was promoted to flag rank as rear-admiral on 25 August 1899,{{London Gazette|issue=27119|page=5814|date=22 September 1899}} and appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) the same year. The following year, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard in February 1900.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=23 January 1900 |page=12 |issue=36046}} When Lord Charles Beresford resigned as Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1902, Watson was appointed to succeed him, taking over the battleship HMS Ramillies as his flag ship.The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 216.
Watson was landed at Malta on 19 September 1902 due to a severe attack of pneumonia, and died there on 21 September 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary -Rear-Admiral Burges Watson|date=22 September 1902 |page=4 |issue=36879}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Burges-Watson-Rear-Admiral-R-N/6000000046696886889|title=Burges Watson, Rear Admiral R.N|publisher=Geni|accessdate=10 May 2018}} He was buried at the old naval cemetery at Bighi two days later.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=24 September 1902 |page=4 |issue=36881}}
Family
Wilson married, in 1882, Marie Thérèse Fisher, daughter of homeopathic doctor Carl Fischer. The pair's eldest son, Fischer Watson, was born on 3 September 1884 and also became a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy.{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersW2.html |title=Fischer Watson|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=10 June 2024}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Captain-Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard|years=1896–1899}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard|years=1900–1902}}
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