Background
McWatters was the son of Sir Arthur McWatters of the Indian Civil Service and spent much of his early childhood in India.
McWatters was the son of Sir Arthur McWatters of the Indian Civil Service and spent much of his early childhood in India.
Eton College; Dragon School. Trinity College.
He was later educated at the Dragon School and then Eton College where he was a scholar. After Eton he attended Trinity College, Oxford where he took a first in Moderations (Oxford) After war service in the Royal Green Jackets, he came back to Oxford and took a first in Greats.
After Oxford, he began teaching Classics at Eton and he remained there until 1963, when he became headmaster at Clifton College.
He remained at Clifton until 1975 when he became the head of the Pilgrims School, Winchester. He later, after formal retirement, also taught at Winchester College.