| Patrick Wauchope | |
| Birth Name: | Patrick Hamilton Don Wauchope |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1863 |
| Birth Place: | Newton, West Lothian, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Position: | Half back |
| Amatteam1: | Fettesian-Lorettonians |
| Amatteam2: | Edinburgh University |
| Amatteam3: | Edinburgh Wanderers |
| Provinceyears1: | 1886 |
| Provinceyears2: | 1886 |
| Province1: | East of Scotland District |
| Province2: | Edinburgh District |
| Provinceapps1: | 1 |
| Provinceapps2: | 1 |
| Provincepoints1: | 0 |
| Provincepoints2: | 0 |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1885-87 |
| Repcaps1: | 6 |
| Reppoints1: | (1 try) |
| Relatives: | Andrew Wauchope, brother |
Patrick Wauchope (1 May 1863 – 9 January 1939) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
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]
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]
He played 6 matches for Scotland from 1885 to 1887.[7]
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]
He was a writer to the Signet. He worked for the firm Campbell and Don Wauchope.[9]
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]