Editing Chris Watson (section)

==Personal life==
Watson's first wife Ada died in 1921.<ref name=apmao/> On 30 October 1925 he married Antonia Mary Gladys Dowlan in the same church as his first wedding. She was a 23-year-old waitress from Western Australia whom he had met when she served his table at a Sydney club.<ref name=moadoph/><ref name=adb/> In 1927, they had one daughter, Jacqueline Dunn née Watson.<ref name=jac1/><ref name=jac2/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/watson/fast-facts.aspx |title=Fast facts – Chris Watson |publisher=Australia's Prime Ministers: National Archives of Australia |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125111001/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/watson/fast-facts.aspx |archive-date=25 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Watson and his second wife moved to a villa in [[Double Bay]] in 1934. In retirement he became a keen [[contract bridge|bridge]] player and was also a regular attendee at [[Randwick Racecourse]] and the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], serving on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground Trust]]. He visited the United States for business reasons and also returned to New Zealand on a number of occasions in a private capacity.{{sfn|Grassby|Ordonez|1999|pp=147–149}} After several weeks of ill health, Watson died at his home in Double Bay on 18 November 1941, aged 74.{{sfn|Grassby|Ordonez|1999|p=149}} He was granted a [[state funeral]] at [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney|St Andrew's Cathedral]], with [[Joseph Cook]], [[Albert Gardiner]], [[John Curtin]] and [[William McKell]] serving as pallbearers. His ashes were interred at the [[Northern Suburbs Crematorium]].{{sfn|Grassby|Ordonez|1999|p=151}}