Robert Stuart Wauchope

Major Robert Stuart Wauchope OBE
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Residence	Survey of India, Bangalore, S. India
Occupation	armed services surveyor
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1933 last listed elected_AI 1925.06.23

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1925.06.23 proposed by E.H. Hunt, seconded by L. Munn

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Major Robert Stuart Wauchope vs Emperor on 24 August, 1933
1. The appellant, Major Robert Stuart Wauchope, O.B.E., Indian Army, has bean convicted by the Chief Presidency Magistrate of criminal breach of trust under Section 409, I.P.C., in respect of two sums of Rs. 1,500 each alleged to have been received by him on 4th March and 1st July 1929, respectively, from the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad, in his official capacity as officer in charge of No 6 Survey Party of the Government of India, with headquarters at Bangalore and field headquarters at Secunderabad, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1,000 on each of two counts, the sentences of imprisonment to run concurrently.

2. The appellant is the son of the late Col. Wauchope, C.B., C.M.G., C.I.E., of the Survey of India, and is an officer of 27 years' standing. He joined the army in 1906, and was appointed to the Survey of India in 1910. Between 1914 and 1921 he was again employed on military duty, during which period he was appointed Assistant Director of Works at Waziristan, was mentioned in despatches, and received the honour of the O.B.E., in recognition of his services. In 1921 he returned to the Survey of India and later became officer in charge of No. 6 Survey Party. In 1929 he became Superintendent of Surveys. These survey parties worked under a Director of Survey at Bangalore. In 1929 the Director, Col. Brown died and the appellant acted in his place. In 1930 he was appointed Assistant Surveyor-General and was stationed in Calcutta. Since May 1932 he has been suspended in connection with these alleged misappropriations, as a result of the findings of a Departmental Committee of Inquiry. He is a married man with two children and is entitled to a pension of £530 as Major. In the normal course he would have been promoted Lt. Col. in August 1932 with a pension of £800, and with reasonable expectation of being promoted Col. eventually with a retiring pension of £900 per annum.
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It is exactly in a case of this kind that evidence of good character becomes important and it would be unreasonable to hold that there is no difference between a member of an honourable service with an unblemished record and an old thief with previous convictions. In conclusion I need only say that I entirely agree with my learned brother that this appeal must be allowed

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Buddhist Cave Temples of India. By Major R. S. Wauchope

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