Harold Arthur Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson, was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation between 1955 and 1959 and a cabinet member as Minister of Defence between 1959 and 1962, when he was sacked in the Night of the Long Knives. In 1964 he was ennobled as Viscount Watkinson.
- Occupation
- politician, businessperson
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, Secretary of State for Defence, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- January 25, 1910
