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Sir Reginald George Watson was born in June 1862, in
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. He was the son of General E.D. Watson of
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. Watson married Sydney Francis Vivien Presgrave. He died in 1926.


Education

Watson received his education at
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and was the Straits Settlements Civil Service cadet in 1883, Private Secretary to Sir
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, 1884- 1885; Officer of Land Office, Malacca (1887), British Resident of Perak (1913–1919).


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1862 births 1926 deaths History of Perak Administrators in British Malaya Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{Malaysia-bio-stub