Patrick Wauchope

Patrick Wauchope (1 May 1863 – 9 January 1939) was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1]

Patrick Wauchope

Birth name	Patrick Hamilton Don Wauchope
Date of birth	(1863-05-01)1 May 1863
Place of birth	Newton, West Lothian, Scotland
Date of death	9 January 1939(1939-01-09) (aged 75)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Notable relative(s)	Andrew Wauchope, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Fettesian-Lorettonians () – Edinburgh University () – Edinburgh Wanderers () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1886 East of Scotland District 1 (0) 1886 Edinburgh District 1 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1885-87 Scotland 6 ((1 try))

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Fettes College and played for the school.^[2]

Wauchope played rugby union for Fettesian-Lorettonians and Edinburgh Wanderers.^[3]

He also played for Edinburgh University.^[4]

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 30 January 1886.^[5]

He played for Edinburgh District later that year in the December inter-city match against Glasgow District on 4 December 1886.^[6]

International career

He played 6 matches for Scotland from 1885 to 1887.^[7]

Golf career

He was a keen golfer, but he was better known for improving the layout of Muirfield Golf Course to make it suitable for hosting championship matches. He was a member of Kilspindie and Dornoch Golf Courses; as well as being a member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.^[8]

Law career

He was a writer to the Signet. He worked for the firm Campbell and Don Wauchope.^[9]

Family

He was born to John Don Wauchope (1816-1893) and Bethia Hamilton Buchanan (1827-1911). His family had a baronet and this passed to one of his brothers Sir John Don Wauchope, who was a chair of Midlothian County Council. Another brother Andrew Wauchope also played rugby union for Scotland.

He married Georgiana Renira Buchan Fitzjohn (1867-1928) on 10 June 1897. They had one son, also named Patrick Wauchope (1898-1989). His son, who was a keen cricketer for Edinburgh Academicals,^[10] became a farmer in Natal, South Africa.^[8]