The Don, later Don-Wauchope Baronetcy, of Newton, is a title in the

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. It was created on 7 June 1667 for Alexander Don. The sixth Baronet sat as

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for

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The seventh Baronet was an actor. On his early death in 1862 the title passed to his kinsman John Wauchope, the eighth Baronet, who resumed the surname of Don in addition to that of Wauchope. He was the son of

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John Wauchope, great-great-grandson of Patrick Don (husband of Anne, sister of Andrew Wauchope), third son of the first Baronet. The "ch" in Wauchope is pronounced as in "Loch"; commented upon as a "puzzle in pronunciation" in the case of

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during his 1892 political campaign against

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, when it was reported that he was "spoken of as ''Walk-up'', ''Walk-hope'', ''Wok-up'', ''Watch-up'', and ''Woochop'' ... the proper pronunciation appears to be ''Woke-up''."The Phonetic Journal, 3 September, 1892, vol. 51, Sir Isaac Pitman, p. 562

Don, later Don-Wauchope baronets, of Newton (1667)

* Sir Alexander Don, 1st Baronet (died 1687) * Sir James Don, 2nd Baronet (died ) * Sir Alexander Don, 3rd Baronet (died 1749) * Sir Alexander Don, 4th Baronet (died 1776) * Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet (died 1815) *

Sir Alexander Don, 6th Baronet Sir Alexander Don, 6th baronet (1780–1826), of Newton Don, Berwick, was a British landowner, an officer in the British Army and a Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Roxburghshire from 1814 until 1826. Life Alexander was baptised on 5 May 1780. He ...

(1779–1826) *

Sir William Henry Don, 7th Baronet Sir William Henry Don, 7th Baronet (1825–1862) was a British baronet and actor. Biography Don was born on 4 May 1825. His father, Sir Alexander Don, 6th Don-Wauchope baronets, baronet of Newtondon, Kelso, Scottish Borders, "the model of a cav ...

(1825–1862) * Sir John Don-Wauchope, 8th Baronet (1816–1893) * Sir John Douglas Don-Wauchope, 9th Baronet (1859–1951) * Sir Patrick George Don-Wauchope, 10th Baronet (1898–1989) * Sir Roger Hamilton Don-Wauchope, 11th Baronet (born 1938) The grave of Patrick George Don-Wauchope, Comely Bank Cemetery

The grave of Patrick George Don-Wauchope, Comely Bank Cemetery

References

Sources

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Don-Wauchope 1667 establishments in Nova Scotia