Thomas Lennox Watson

Thomas Lennox Watson (21 August 1850 – 12 October 1920), FRIBA, was a Scottish architect and interior designer. Born in Glasgow, he submitted designs for the city's City Chambers and Kelvingrove Art Gallery (1892) competitions, but was unsuccessful.

Early life Watson was born in Glasgow on 21 August 1850, the son of Charles and Elizabeth. His father was a member of the G. & J. Burns shipping company. The naval architect George Lennox Watson was his cousin. Wellington Church, University Avenue (1882-84) Royal Marine Hotel, Hunters Quay (1890) Woodcroft, Larbert (1890-91) The South School, Paisley (1893-95) 59 Bath Street (1899–1900, demolished c. 1967) Dr James Hederwick Monument, with a bronze portrait by J. P. Macgillivray, Glasgow Cathedral (1901) Barochan Place, Argylll Street, Campbeltown (1903-07) Saracen Head tenement, Gallowgate (1906) 1-21 Long Row South, Campbeltown (1909) the interiors for the yachts, Mohican and Meteor, the latter for Kaiser Wilhelm II War memorial of the Royal Technical College (1920)

Personal life Watson become a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1884. He became president of the Glasgow Institute of Architects and of the Glasgow Architectural Association. He was also governor of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.

He retired around 1915, in his mid-60s. He did continue to exhibit, however.

Death Watson died from cancer on 12 October 1920, at 11 Loudon Terrace, the house in which he was born 70 years earlier.