Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet
Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet was a British politician.Life
The second son of Sir John Wedderburn, 2nd Baronet, he studied Law at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as senior optime in 1858. He was called to the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1861.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Midlothian and a Captain in the Midlothian Yeomanry.
He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire in 1868, holding the seat until 1874. He was then elected for Haddington Burghs in 1879, resigning in 1882 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
In April 1873, he visited Victor Hugo in Guernsey. He confessed his republican convictions to the great French poet, but added : "If I said that aloud, I would not be re-elected".
He lived at Inveresk Lodge, south of Musselburgh.
He is buried in St. Michael's churchyard in Inveresk. The grave lies midway along the western boundary of the original churchyard, backing onto the Victorian cemetery.
