Sir David Wedderburn, 1st Baronet

David Wedderburn, 1st Baronet
MP
Member of Parliament
for Perth Burghs
In office
1805–1818
Preceded byDavid Scott
Succeeded byArchibald Campbell
Personal details
Born(1775-03-10)March 10, 1775
DiedApril 7, 1858(1858-04-07) (aged 83)

Sir David Wedderburn, 1st Baronet (10 March 1775[1] – 7 April 1858)[2] was a Scottish businessman and Tory politician. He was Postmaster General for Scotland 1823-31 and a member of two London militias before that.[3]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. ^ "Deaths". Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser. British Newspaper Archive. 9 April 1858. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ^ "WEDDERBURN, Sir David, 1st Bt. (1775-1858), of Ballindean, Perth. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 3 August 2018.