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He entered the Indian Civil Service in Bombay in 1860, served as District Judge and Judicial Commissioner in Sind; acted as secretary to Bombay Government, Judicial and Political Departments; and from 1885 acted as Judge of the High Court, [[Bombay]]. He retired when acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay in 1887. During his work he noted the troubles of peasantry arising from moneylending and he suggested that co-operative agricultural banks be established to provide credits at reasonable rates. The proposal was supported in India but was blocked by the India Office. Wedderburn supported reforms suggested by [[Lord Ripon]] to develop [[local self-government]] and equality to Indian judges. He was seen as supporting the aspirations of Indians and was denied a judge position in the Bombay high court. This led him to retire early in 1887. Along with [[Allan Octavian Hume]] he was a founder of the [[Indian National Congress]] and served as its president in 1889 and 1910.<ref name="IndianBio" /> He worked along with influential Congress leaders in Bombay and in 1890 he chaired the [[British committee of the Indian National Congress]], helped publish the journal '''''India''''' and attempted to support the movement through parliamentary action in Britain. He developed a close working relationship with [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale|G. K. Gokhale]] of the Congress.<ref name=odnb /> He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in [[North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Ayrshire]] in 1892 and served as [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] Member of Parliament for [[Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Banffshire]] from 1893 to 1900.<ref name="IndianBio" /> | He entered the Indian Civil Service in Bombay in 1860, served as District Judge and Judicial Commissioner in Sind; acted as secretary to Bombay Government, Judicial and Political Departments; and from 1885 acted as Judge of the High Court, [[Bombay]]. He retired when acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay in 1887. During his work he noted the troubles of peasantry arising from moneylending and he suggested that co-operative agricultural banks be established to provide credits at reasonable rates. The proposal was supported in India but was blocked by the India Office. Wedderburn supported reforms suggested by [[Lord Ripon]] to develop [[local self-government]] and equality to Indian judges. He was seen as supporting the aspirations of Indians and was denied a judge position in the Bombay high court. This led him to retire early in 1887. Along with [[Allan Octavian Hume]] he was a founder of the [[Indian National Congress]] and served as its president in 1889 and 1910.<ref name="IndianBio" /> He worked along with influential Congress leaders in Bombay and in 1890 he chaired the [[British committee of the Indian National Congress]], helped publish the journal '''''India''''' and attempted to support the movement through parliamentary action in Britain. He developed a close working relationship with [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale|G. K. Gokhale]] of the Congress.<ref name=odnb /> He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in [[North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Ayrshire]] in 1892 and served as [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] Member of Parliament for [[Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Banffshire]] from 1893 to 1900.<ref name="IndianBio" /> | ||
He was a member of the [[Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure]] in 1895 and chairman of Indian Parliamentary Committee. He was considered a great friend of the Indian Progressive Movement and presided at the Indian National Congress, 1889, later | He was a member of the [[Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure]] in 1895 and chairman of Indian Parliamentary Committee. He was considered a great friend of the Indian Progressive Movement and presided at the Indian National Congress, 1889, later chairman, British Committee of the Indian National Congress.<ref name="IndianBio" /> In 1910 he returned to India as Congress president and tried to solve [[Hindu–Islamic relations|the rift between Hindus and Muslims]] and attempted to reconcile the differences between those who wished to work constitutionally and those who wanted to use more militant actions. He wrote a biographical memoir of A. O. Hume who died in 1912.<ref name=odnb /> | ||
==Marriage and children== | ==Marriage and children== | ||