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4 unusual facts about Andrew Gilbert Wauchope


Andrew Gilbert Wauchope

Following the expedition he returned to Scotland to manage his family estates at Niddrie and Yetholm, which he had recently inherited.

In 1873, he served in the Second Anglo-Ashanti War, detached on special service with a Hausa regiment; he was twice wounded and mentioned in despatches.

Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar

In an 1899 by-election he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South, defeating Major-General A.G. Wauchope, but was defeated himself in the 1900 general election by Sir Andrew Agnew.

George Brisbane Scott Douglas

Also The Life Of Major-General Wauchope C.B., C.M.G., LL.D, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904, and other works.



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