# Burges Watson

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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|name = Burges Watson
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CVO}}
|birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1846|09|24}}
|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1902|09|21|1846|09|24}}
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|death_place= [Malta](/source/Malta)
|image= Burges Watson.png
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
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|rank= [Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear-Admiral)
|branch= 23px [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy)
|commands=[HMS ''Leander''](/source/HMS_Leander_(1882))<br>[HMS ''Royal Oak''](/source/HMS_Royal_Oak_(1892))<br>[Pembroke Dock](/source/Pembroke_Dock)yard<br>[Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard)
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|awards= Commander of the [Royal Victorian Order](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order)
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[Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear-Admiral) '''Burges Watson''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CVO}} (24 September 1846 – 21 September 1902<ref name=WWW>"Watson, Rear-Adm. Burges, (24 Sept. 1846–21 Sept. 1902)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Oxford University Press.</ref>) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who became Admiral Superintendent, [Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard).

==Naval career==
Watson entered the Royal Navy in 1860, was promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(Royal_Navy)) in 1866, and to [commander](/source/Commander_(Royal_Navy)) in 1879.<ref name=TTobit />

Promoted to [captain](/source/Captain_(Royal_Navy)) on 31 December 1885,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25545|page=7|date=1 January 1886}}</ref> Watson became commanding officer of the [cruiser](/source/cruiser) [HMS ''Leander''](/source/HMS_Leander_(1882)) in February 1889 and commanding officer of the [battleship](/source/battleship) [HMS ''Royal Oak''](/source/HMS_Royal_Oak_(1892)) in January 1896.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He went on to be Captain Superintendent of [Pembroke Dockyard](/source/Pembroke_Dockyard) from October 1896 until October 1899. A naval [Aide-de-camp](/source/Aide-de-camp) to [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) from 1898 to 1899, he was promoted to flag rank as [rear-admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)) on 25 August 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27119|page=5814|date=22 September 1899}}</ref> and appointed a Commander of the [Royal Victorian Order](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order) (CVO) the same year.<ref name=WWW /> The following year, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent, [Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard) in February 1900.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=23 January 1900 |page=12 |issue=36046}}</ref> When [Lord Charles Beresford](/source/Lord_Charles_Beresford) resigned as Second-in-Command of the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet) in January 1902, Watson was appointed to succeed him, taking over the battleship [HMS ''Ramillies''](/source/HMS_Ramillies_(1892)) as his flag ship.<ref>The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 216.</ref>

Watson was landed at Malta on 19 September 1902 due to a severe attack of [pneumonia](/source/pneumonia), and died there on 21 September 1902.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary -Rear-Admiral Burges Watson|date=22 September 1902 |page=4 |issue=36879}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He was buried at the old naval cemetery at [Bighi](/source/Bighi) two days later.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=24 September 1902 |page=4 |issue=36881}}</ref>

==Family==
Wilson married, in 1882, Marie Thérèse Fisher, daughter of homeopathic doctor [Carl Fischer](/source/Carl_Fischer_(homeopath)).<ref name=WWW /> The pair's eldest son, [Fischer Watson](/source/Fischer_Watson), was born on 3 September 1884 and also became a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersW2.html |title=Fischer Watson|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[Captain-Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard](/source/Captain-Superintendent%2C_Pembroke_Dockyard)|years=1896–1899}}
{{s-aft|after=Charles James Barlow}}
{{s-bef|before=[Rodney Lloyd](/source/Rodney_Lloyd)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard)|years=1900–1902}}
{{s-aft|after=[James Hammet](/source/James_Hammet)}}
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Category:1846 births
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Category:Royal Navy admirals
Category:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order

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