Educated at
Repton School, Wauchope was
commissioned into the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1893. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion
Black Watch in January 1896. In April 1902 he was seconded for a Staff appointment, as an extra
Aide de camp to
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Cape Colony. He served in
World War I as
Commanding Officer of 2 Bn
Black Watch in France and
Mesopotamia. After the War he joined 2nd Silesian Brigade, part of the British Upper Silesian Force, in Germany. He was appointed
General Officer Commanding 44th (Home Counties) Division in 1927 and GOC
Northern Ireland District in 1929. His last appointment was as
High Commissioner and
Commander-in-Chief for
Palestine and
Trans-Jordan in 1931. He also promoted public works and civil engineering schemes but was regarded as lax by some of his political colleagues at the early stages of the
Arab rebellion. Wauchope retired in 1938. File:הנציב העליון ארתור ווקופ נוטע עץ ביער בלפור בגבעת שימרון בעמק יזרעאל. מימינו מנחם אוסישקין משמאלו יו-JNF037282.jpeg|Wauchope with
Menachem Ussishkin in Palestine, 1928 File:כפר החורש - הנציב העליון נואם בחגיגת הנטיעה של יער אלברט.-JNF044743.jpeg|Wauchope speaking at
Kfar HaHoresh 1936 ==References==