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{{Infobox Officeholder<br />
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| name = Maurice Emygdius Watts<br />
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| image = MEWatts.jpg<br />
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| office1 = [[Dewan]] of [[Travancore]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1925<br />
| term_end1 = 1929<br />
| monarch1 = [[Sethu Lakshmi Bayi]] (as [[regent]] for [[Chithira Thirunal]])<br />
| predecessor1 =[[T. Raghavaiah]]<br />
| successor1 =[[V. S. Subramanya Iyer]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1878|06|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Travancore kingdom]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1933|02|22|1878|06|11}}<br />
| death_place = [[London]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maurice Emygdius Watts''' (11 June 1878 – 22 February 1933) was an Indian lawyer, civil servant and administrator who served as the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]] from 1925 to 1929.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Watts was born on 11 June 1878 to Frank Watts, Chief Secretary of the Government of Travancore.<ref name="ministerp30">{{cite book|title=Ministers in Indian states, Volume 1|pages=30|author=R. Venkoba Rao|publisher=Wednesday Review Press|year=1928}}</ref> He had his early education in [[Madras]] and after graduating in law, entered the Madras provincial service in 1901.<ref name="lawtimesp180">{{cite book|title=The Law times, Volume 175|pages=180|year=1933}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Watts died on 22 February 1933 in [[London]] at the age of 54.<ref name="lawtimesp180" /> The Watts lane in the Nanthancode suburb of Trivandrum city was named in the memory of the Watts family.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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Watt's sister Dorothia Henriett Watts was a teacher who served as governess and tutor to the princesses of the royal family of Travancore.<ref name="thehindu_20030106">{{cite news|title=Watt's the matter|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/06/stories/2003010600920200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030702075852/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/06/stories/2003010600920200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=Narayani Harigovindan|date=6 January 2003}}</ref> After India's independence in 1947, she settled down in [[Kotagiri]] in [[Nilgiris District]] where she spent the last days of her life.<ref name="thehindu_20030106" /><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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