WATSON, CLEMENT (1852-1936), a son of the Rev. Thomas Watson, chaplain to the East India Company, was born in India and educated at the High Wycombe School, Buckinghamshire. In 1867 he came to New Zealand from Tasmania, and, after teaching at the Thorndon, Gladstone, Upper Tutaenui, and Marton schools, was appointed assistant master at the Terrace school, Wellington. In 1880 he became headmaster of the Te Aro school, which during his 30 years' administration became the largest in the Dominion. In 1886 he gained his B.A. degree, and in 1898 became one of the original members of Victoria College council, on which he served for over 30 years. Watson was one of the founders of the New Zealand Educational Institute (president 1893), and from the time of its foundation until his death (on 23 Nov 1936) he was a member of the executive of the Wellington War Relief Association.

Cycl. NZ, i; Who's Who N.Z., 1932; The Dominion, 24 Nov 1936 (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 239

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