Alaric Alexander Watts (16 March 1797 – 5 April 1864) was a British poet and journalist, born in London. His life was dedicated to newspaper creation and editing, and he was seen as a conservative writer. It led him to bankruptcy, when a pension was awarded to him by a friend, Lord Aberdeen. He may now be best remembered for his alliterative poem The Siege of Belgrade, which begins with a much-quoted couplet: An Austrian army, awfully arrayed,Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade.