William Wedderburn
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For the New Brunswick judge and politician, see William Wedderburn (Canadian politician).
Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet, JP DL (25 March 1838 – 25 January 1918) was a Scottish civil servant and politician. Born in Edinburgh, the third son of Sir John Wedderburn, 2nd Baronet, he was educated at Loretto School and Edinburgh University. He served in the Indian Civil Service from 1859 and acted as Judge of the High Court, Bombay. He retired when acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Along with Allan Octavian Hume he was a founder of the Indian National Congress and served as its president in 1889 and 1910. He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in North Ayrshire in 1892 and served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1893 to 1900. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure in 1895 and chairman of Indian Parliamentary Committee. He succeeded his brother to the baronetcy in 1882. External links
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