(John) William Watson, poet; 'Watson chose the sonnet as a means of upbraiding Britain for its unjust actions in the Sudan and for its weak, indecisive response to Russia's hostile moves in Afghanistan' (ODNB); knighted in 1917 for poems praising Lloyd George's conduct of the War; opponent of obscurantism in the Modern Movement. Head and shoulders to right looking to front, with large moustache.
