Background
The son of William Watt and Caroline Allan, he was educated at Keith Grammar School and at the University of Street Andrews, and was involved in dairy and sheep farming and other business interests.
The son of William Watt and Caroline Allan, he was educated at Keith Grammar School and at the University of Street Andrews, and was involved in dairy and sheep farming and other business interests.
University of Street Andrews.
He contested Caithness and Sutherland as the Conservative candidate in 1966. He then switched to the Scottish National Party (Scottish National Party), contesting Banffshire in 1970. After a boundary change, he was unsuccessful Scottish National Party candidate for Moray in 1983.
He was later a Regional and District Councillor with Moray District Council and Grampian Regional Council from 1985-1990 (including serving as Chairman of the Grampian Education Committee from 1986-1990).
He was Rector of the University of Aberdeen from 1985-1988, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University in 1988. Latterly he was a newspaper columnist, after-dinner speaker and author
He was parodied as "Hamish Banff" in the 7:84 theatre company"s play Little Red Hen.
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He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Banffshire seat in the February 1974 general election, holding it until the 1979 election.