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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| George Willes Watson R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Third son of Rev. Fisher Watson, vicar of Lancing, Sussex | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 5 April 1827 | Born | ||
| 1864 | Married Margaretta, youngest daughter of General John Campbell, colonel of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders | ||
| 30 May 1891 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 26 April 1897 | Died (Mannamead, Plymouth) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 6 November 1841 | Entered Navy | ||
| 8 March 1849 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 August 1858 | Commander | ||
| 16 February 1864 | Captain | ||
| 9 January 1880 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 12 April 1886 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 12 April 1892 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 25 August 1858 | 25 January 1861 | Commander (2ic) in Royal Albert, commanded by Henry James Lacon, Channel squadron (flagship of Rear-Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford, Captain of the Fleet) | |
| 2 February 1862 | 20 February 1864 | Commander in Peterel (from commissioning at Plymouth), North America and West Indies | |
| 17 April 1867 | 18 April 1870 | Captain in Crocodile | |
| 1 January 1872 | 31 March 1873 | Captain in Pembroke, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, Sheerness | |
| 1 April 1873 | 31 December 1874 | Captain in Duncan, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Fowler Hastings, Sheerness, replacing Pembroke | |
| 23 March 1876 | 7 June 1879 | Commodore in Victor Emmanuel, senior officer, Hong Kong | |
| 29 July 1879 | 20 March 1880 | Additional Captain in Temeraire, on passage | |
| 1 December 1881 | 1 May 1886 | Admiral-superintendent, Chatham, flag in Pembroke | |
| 15 December 1888 | 11 April 1892 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies, flag in Bellerophon | |
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