William Watson, Baron Thankerton

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William Watson, Baron Thankerton (December 8, 1873 – June 13, 1948) was a Scottish politician and judge.

Unionist Member of Parliament for Lanark South from 1913 to 1918 and for Carlisle from 1924 to 1929, he held office as Solicitor General for Scotland in 1922 and as Lord Advocate from 1922 to 1924 and from 1924 to 1929. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1922. He was raised to the bench as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and created a life peer as Baron Thankerton, of Thankerton in the County of Lanarkshire on 1 May 1929, holding the post until his death at 74 in 1948.

Legal Offices
Preceded by Andrew Constable	Solicitor General for Scotland 1922	Succeeded by David Pinkerton Fleming
Preceded by Charles David Murray	Lord Advocate 1922-1924	Succeeded by Hugh Pattison MacMillan
Preceded by Hugh Pattison MacMillan	Lord Advocate 1924-1929	Succeeded by Alexander Munro MacRobert