220 Craigiuillar and its Environs. 



while the judge was still sitting on the bench. Archi- 

 bald Wauchope must have been a turbulent and 

 determined character, as in Calderwood's History it 

 is stated that during the king's absence in Denmark 

 in 1590, the young laird of Niddrie killed a gentleman 

 dependent of the Abbot of Holyroodhouse, because he 

 reproved him for striking an officer of arms. His 

 death was in keeping with the checkered character of 

 his life. On June 18, 1597, while in concealment in 

 Scletter's Close, Edinburgh, his servant gave the 

 alarm that the Laird of Edmonstone, with a large 

 number of followers, had surrounded the house. 

 Rather than be taken prisoner, Wauchope tried to 

 escape by leaping from a window, but in falling broke 

 his neck. 



Colonel Wauchope is the seventeenth laird in 

 direct succession. At an early age he entered on 

 a military career, and served in the Ashantee war 

 of 1873-74 as a special service officer. He was 

 twice wounded, once slightly and once severely, and 

 was honoured with a medal and clasp, besides being 

 mentioned in despatches. From 1878 to 1880 he 



