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Wason, J. Cathcart

LC control no.n 92084833
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Personal name headingWason, J. Cathcart
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Wason, Cathcart
Wason, John Cathcart, 1848-
Associated countryScotland N.Z.
Birth date18481117
Death date19210419
AffiliationGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Found innuc92-4123: Wilson, H. A. A British borderland [MI] , 1913 (hdg. on GmC rept.: Wason, J. Cathcart; usage: J. Cathcart Wason)
English Wikipedia website, viewed June 3, 2013 ((John) Cathcart Wason (17 November 1848--19 April 1921), generally known as Cathcart Wason, was a Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in two countries: first in New Zealand and then in Scotland, after the failure of his colonial ventures. An unusually large man (he was over 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall), he is noted both as an innovative farmer and for having passed his time in the British House of Commons by knitting)