Stephen John McWatters (24 April 1921 – 12 March 2006) was a British schoolteacher and headmaster. McWatters was the son of Sir Arthur McWatters of the

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and spent much of his early childhood in

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. He was later educated at the

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and then

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where he was a scholar. After Eton he attended

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where he took a first in Mods. After war service in the

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, he came back to

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and took a first in Greats. In 1957, he married Mary Wilkinson and they had two daughters and a son.

Teaching

After Oxford, he began teaching classics at Eton and he remained there until 1963, when he became headmaster at

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; he remained at Clifton until 1975 when he became the head of the

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. He later, after formal retirement, also taught at

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References

Obituary
timesonline.co.uk, 27 April 2006. 1921 births 2006 deaths Headmasters of Clifton College People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Eton College Teachers at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War II King's Royal Rifle Corps officers British people in colonial India Teachers at Winchester College {{UK-edu-stub