[1] In 1783 he was living at 2 Princes Street then a newly built house in Edinburgh's New Town.
[3] In 1788 he succeeded Dr Forrest Dewar as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He was great uncle to the eminent surgeon James Wardrop.
He was father to his namesake Dr Andrew Wardrop FRSE (1755-1823) a founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.
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