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George Watson (Royal Navy officer)
Vice Admiral Sir George Willes Watson KCB (5 April 1827 – 26 April 1897) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.
==Naval career==
Watson joined the Royal Navy in 1841.〔(William Loney RN )〕 Promoted to Commander in 1858, he was given command of HMS ''Peterel'' in 1862.〔 Promoted to Captain in 1864, he went on to command HMS ''Crocodile'', HMS ''Duncan'', HMS ''Victor Emanuel'' and HMS '' Temeraire''.〔 During the American Civil War he was accused of assisting the Confederate States of America by selling the cruiser CSS ''Florida'' to them.〔Kenneth M.. Startup, "'This Small Act of Courtesy:' Admiral Sir George Willes Watson, Trouble, Trials, and Turmoil in Bahama Waters," ''Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society,'' Oct 2009, Vol. 31, pp 57-62〕
He was appointed Admiral-superintendent at Chatham in 1881 and Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station in 1888 before retiring in 1892.〔
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