Maurice Murray Watson
Hong Kong solicitor
Maurice Murray Watson (29 December 1893 – 8 June 1973) was a British solicitor in Hong Kong and unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Biography
Watson worked as an articled clerk from November 1910 to A. Home, of 55 Gracechurch Street, London and served in his office for four years. When the First World War broke out, he joined as private of the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps on 8 November 1914 and later became the 2nd Lieutenant of the 11th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment. After he was demobilised in 1919, he was admitted a solicitor in England in 1919 when he complied all the requirements but had not given four months' notice to the Registrar of the Law Society. The Law Society wrote to say they did not object to the application.
Watson later moved to Hong Kong to practice as a solicitor of the Criminal Sessions Court by the acting Chief Justice H. H. J. Gompertz on 27 January 1921. He worked for the firm Johnson, Stokes and Master. He was also head of many public companies, such as the chairman of the Thomson & Co. Chartered Accountants, director of the Broadcast Relay Service (Hong Kong) Limited and the co-founder of the Swire Pacific Limited when it was incorporated in 1940. He also held many public offices such as secretary of the Dental Board and member of the Medical Board.
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