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    David Wemyss, Lord Elcho and de jure 6th Earl of Wemyss (12 August 1721 – 29 April 1787), was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, attainted for his part in...
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    Peerage of Scotland as Lord Wemyss of Elcho, and in 1633 he was further honoured when he was made Lord Elcho and Methel and Earl of Wemyss, also in the Peerage...
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    Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March DL (25 August 1857 – 12 July 1937), styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914, was a British Conservative...
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  • and one daughter: The Hon. David Wemyss, Lord Elcho (d. 1715) The Hon. James Wemyss (1699–1756), who became 5th Earl of Wemyss, who married Janet Charteris...
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  • Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March KT DL (19 January 1912 – 12 December 2008), styled Lord Elcho from 1916 to 1937, was...
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  • Francis Charteris, second son of James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss. The fifth Earl's eldest son David Wemyss, Lord Elcho had been attainted for his part in...
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    Earldoms of Wemyss and March on the death of his elder brother, Iain David Charteris, Lord Elcho, in 1954. He was subsequently known as Lord Neidpath, as...
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    chief of Clan Wemyss. Elcho Castle is owned by the Wemyss Lord Elcho. As of 2011[update] the chief of Clan Wemyss is Michael Wemyss of Wemyss who married...
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    Coltness, in Lanarkshire. He married Lady Frances Wemyss (1722–1789), younger sister of David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, who played a prominent role in the 1745 Rising...
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    Sir John, also called John became the first Lord Wemyss of Elcho in 1628, and then Earl of Wemyss, Lord Elcho and Methil in 1633 by Charles I, and decorative...
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  • Peerage of Scotland as Lord Wemyss of Elcho, and in 1633 he was further honoured when he was made Lord Elcho and Methel and Earl of Wemyss, also in the Peerage...
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    d'Éguilles, which seemed to validate claims of French backing. However, David Wemyss, Lord Elcho later claimed his fellow Scots were already concerned by Charles'...
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    the Rebellion, 1745 and 1746, A. Millar, p.327 Royle (2016), p.96 Wemyss, A (2003) Elcho of the '45, Saltire Society, p.95 Reid (1996), p.90 Pittock in Black...
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    poor financial standing meant he had little to lose. Alongside David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, he was given command of a troop of Charles' "Life Guard"; unlike...
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  • an army of the Covenanter-dominated Scottish government under John Wemyss, Lord Elcho. The government side took heavy losses. The battlefield is presently...
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    refugees including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Béat Louis de Muralt and David Wemyss, Lord Elcho. The couple also spent significant amounts of time in Geneva and...
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    Royal-Ecossais' colonel from 1757 onwards was David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, an exiled veteran of the 1745 Rising; Elcho was left embittered by the regiment's disbandment...
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  • David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (6 September 1610 – July 1679) was an army officer. He was the only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray...
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  • Charteris, Lord Elcho (1884–1916), and Lady Violet Catherine Manners (died 1971). His paternal grandparents were The 11th Earl of Wemyss and Mary Constance...
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  • Trail Francis Wemyss Charteris, styled Lord Elcho (1749–1808) Helen Charteris Walpole Charteris Anne Charteris Three Letters by Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas...
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  • located in the western portion of the barony of Elcho, which, with Elcho Castle, was held by the Wemyss family. Before the Reformation, the reciprocal...
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  • Crawford 1782–1784: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan 1784–1786: George Gordon, Lord Haddo 1786–1788: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho 1788–1790: Francis...
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    Arthur Balfour (redirect from Lord Balfour)
    40-year friendship with Mary Charteris (née Wyndham), Lady Elcho, later Countess of Wemyss and March. Although one biographer writes that "it is difficult...
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    James Donald Charteris, Earl of Wemyss and March, Viscount of Peebles, Lord Wemyss of Elcho, Lord Elcho and Methil, Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard...
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  • of Wemyss. David Wemyss was known as the Master of Wemyss. When his father became Earl of Wemyss he was called "Lord Elcho". Anna Balfour, Lady Elcho compiled...
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  • Charteris. Wemyss was educated in Edinburgh. His eldest brother, David, Lord Elcho, was attainted in 1746, and his other older brother, Francis, adopted...
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  • She married Hugo Francis Charteris (from 1914 Lord Elcho), the son of Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and Mary Constance Wyndham on 1 February 1911...
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    Constance Charteris, Lady Elcho (1862–1937), eldest daughter of Percy and Madeline Wyndham. She married Hugo Charteris, Lord Elcho, in 1883. They had seven...
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  • 7th Earl of Wemyss (1723–1808), grandson who adopted his grandfather's surname on inheriting his estates Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (1749–1808), British...
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