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Major-General '''Sir Harry Davis Watson''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|CB|CMG|CIE|MVO}} (18 July 1866 – 7 May 1945) was a British [[British Army|Army]] officer. He was the son of [[John Watson (Indian Army officer)|General Sir John Watson]].<ref name="The Times, Obituary, 8 May 1945">The Times, Obituary, 8 May 1945</ref><br />
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Watson served as Chief Administrator of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in 1919, after his predecessor had been removed by London for not favoring the Zionists over the Arabs;<ref name="Fieldhouse2006">{{cite book|author=D. K. Fieldhouse|title=Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffjWKGpR-pYC&pg=PA198|date=6 April 2006|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-153696-0|pages=198–}}</ref> Watson was removed six months later for the same reason.<ref name="Fieldhouse2006"/><br />
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==Military career==<br />
Watson was commissioned a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Dorset Regiment]] on 29 April 1885. He transferred to [[British Raj|British India]], and saw action in the [[Sikkim expedition]].<ref name="The Times, Obituary, 8 May 1945"/><br />
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Promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] in 1896, he served in the [[Imperial Service Troops]] of India.<br />
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In 1906 he was appointed as an extra [[equerry]] to the Prince of Wales, who became [[George V]] in 1910. Watson later served in the [[First World War]], first as Inspector-General of the [[Imperial Service Troops]], and subsequently given control of the [[20th Indian Brigade]] which served in the [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]].<ref name="The Times, Obituary, 8 May 1945"/><br />
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He was Chief Administrator of British occupied Palestine from June 1919 to December 1919.<br />
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