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JAMES PATON WATSON

Updated:  19 February 2011 

James Paton Watson was born in Dundee, Scotland.  He became the Borough Engineer and Surveyor at South Shields in 1928 and then was appointed the Borough and Water Engineer at Scarborough in 1934.   In 1936 he gained the appointment as Plymouth's City Engineer.

During the Second World War he worked with Sir Patrick Abercrombie on the "Plan for Plymouth", which he was responsible for carrying out during most of the period of reconstruction.  He was awarded the CBE in the New Year's honours list of 1946.

He retired on December 31st 1958 and died on Saturday May 12th 1979 at the age of 81.

 

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