Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope CB CMG (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer who was killed while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein during the Second Boer War.

[1] He received his early education at Stubbington House School and, in 1859, was sent to HMS Britannia to train as a naval cadet.

That year, he married his first wife, Elythea Ruth Erskine; she died in childbirth in 1884, leaving him with twin sons.

He fought in the Mahdist War in 1884, where he was severely wounded at the Battle of El Teb on 29 February and mentioned in despatches.

He was promoted to colonel in 1888, made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1889, and given command of the 2nd Battalion of the Black Watch in 1894.

In the ensuing Battle of Magersfontein on 11 December 1899, the Highland Brigade was ordered to make a dawn attack on the Boer defenses.

However, the force was spotted before it was prepared to attack, and faulty reconnaissance meant that the enemy positions were not properly located.

Wauchope was killed by rifle fire in the opening minutes of combat; the brigade was pinned down and went to ground.

"[4] However, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:[5] Rumour has placed words of reproach upon his dying lips, but his nature, both gentle and soldierly, forbids the supposition.

was the only utterance which a brother Highlander ascribes to him.After Wauchope's death, a stained glass window was donated by the people of Liberton Kirk.