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George Lennox Watson
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Portrait from an Ogden's Cigarette Card
Born30 October 1851
Glasgow
Died12 November 1904 (1904-11-13) (aged 53)
Glasgow
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
PracticeG.L. Watson & Co.
DesignHMY Britannia, Shamrock II, Rainbow,

George Lennox Watson (30 October 1851 – 12 November 1904) was a Scottish naval architect. Born in Glasgow, son of Thomas Lennox Watson, a doctor at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and grandson of Sir Timothy Burstall, engineer and entrant at the 1829 Rainhill Trials.

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