Frank Watt (politician)


Francis Clifford Watt was a Unionist Party politician, advocate and sheriff in Scotland.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central at a by-election in December 1941, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate.
He was qualified as an advocate and a Member of the Scottish Bar, and was awarded King's Counsel on 20 August 1946. He served as Sheriff of Caithness, Sutherland, Orkney & Zetland from 1952 until his transfer as Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan in 1961. He held that position until his death in 1971.