Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet (25 March 1838–25 January 1918) JP DL was a Scottish civil servant and politician. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Born in Edinburgh, the third son of Sir John Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet, he was educated at Loretto School and Edinburgh University. Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands capital, and its second-largest city. ... Loretto School is an independent school in Scotland, founded in Musselburgh in 1827. ... The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

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. He was president of the Indian National Congress in 1889 and 1910. Indian Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym ICS, was the elite civil service of the Indian Government. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party or Congress (I), abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...

He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in North Ayrshire in 1892 and served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1893 to 1900. This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1983. ...

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. A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ...

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• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (under Ogilvy-Wedderburn for the Baronetcy)