'Wemyss04'
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Families covered: Wemyss of Wemyss
| David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, 4th Earl of Wemyss (bpt 29.04.1678, d 15.03.1720) | |||||||||||||||
| Shown by BP1934 as 4th Earl (his mother being the 3rd Countess) but by TSP (Wemyss) as the 3rd. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 13.08.1697) Anna Douglas (d 23.02.1700, dau of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | David Wemyss, Lord Elcho (b 03.10.1698, dvp unm 16.12.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss (b 30.08.1699, d 21.03.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.09.1720) Janet Charteris (d 01.03.1778, dau of Francis Charteris of Newmilns) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, de jure 6th Earl of Wemyss (b 30.07.1721, d unm 29.04.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| David was involved in the Jacobite rebellion and was attainted. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Francis Wemyss, later Charteris, de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss (b 21.10.1723, d 24.08.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.09.1745) Catherine Gordon (d 21.01.1786, dau of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (b 31.01.1749, dvp 20.01.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.07.1771) Susan Tracy-Keck (d 25.02.1835, dau of Anthony Tracy-Keck of Great Tew) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Francis Charteris, later Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, Earl of March (b 15.04.1772, d 28.06.1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.05/8.1794) Margaret Campbell (d 25.01.1850, dau of Walter Campbell of Shawfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Francis Charteris, later Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas, 9th Earl of Wemyss (b 14.08.1796, d 01.01.1883) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1817) Louisa Bingham (d 16.04.1882, dau of 2nd Earl of Lucan) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Eleanor Charteris (d 16.09.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.01.1820) Walter Frederick Campbell of Shawfield | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Charteris (d 1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1824) John Wildman (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Katharine Charteris (d 04.01.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.12.1824) George Harry Grey, Lord Grey of Groby (dvp 24.10.1835, son of 6th Earl of Stamford) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Charlotte Charteris (d 03.03.1886) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.09.1825) Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Castle (d 09.04.1879) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Louisa Antoinetta Charteris (d 02.07.1845) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.08.1832) William Forbes of Callendar (d 10.20.1855) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Harriet Charteris | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.09.1829) Sir George Grant Suttie, 5th Bart of Balgonie (d 19.06.1878) | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Jane Charteris (d 26.08.1897) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.10.1858) Philip Dundas (d 15.12.1870, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (9)+ | other issue - Walter (b 26.05.1797, d 08.08.1818), Caroline (d unm 02.09.1891) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henrietta Charlotte Elizabeth Charteris (b 03.02.1773, d 30.01.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.12.1797) George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford (b 31.10.1765, d 26.04.1845) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Susan Charteris (d 1816) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.11.1799) Sir Henry Clinton (Lt. General) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Katharine Charteris (d 08.10.1863) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.11.1805) Edward Richard Stewart (b 05.05.1782, d 27.08.1851) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Augusta Charteris (dsp 28.07.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1819) Warner William Westenra, 2nd Lord Rossmore (b 14.10.1765, d 10.08.1842) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Frances Charteris (d 01.04.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.04.1799) William Traill (b 08.07.1746, 08.03.1831, minister, chancellor of Down and Connor) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue (d unm) - Henrietta (b 05.09.1747), Catherine (d 24.02.1812), Janet, Anne (d 29.07.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | James Wemyss of Wemyss (b 23.02.1726, d 10.05.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1757) Elizabeth Gordon (d 24.01.1803, dau of William Gordon, 17th Earl of Sutherland) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Wemyss (b 08.10.1758, d unm 16.11.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Wemyss of Wemyss (b 09.04.1760, d 04.02.1822, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1788) Frances Erskine (d 01.02.1798, dau of Sir William Erskine, Bart of Torrie) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Eskine Wemyss of Wemyss (b 09.07.1789, d 03.04.1854, Rear Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 07.08.1826) Emma Hay (d 17.07.1841, dau of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | William Wemyss (b 05.09.1790, d 30.11.1852, Lt. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1820) Isabella Hay (d 17.07.1841, dau of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Wemyss (b 16.09.1794, d 30.09.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.10.1826) James Alexander St.Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn (b 15.02.1802, d 16.06.1866, General) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue (d unm) - Francis (b 21.09.1791), Charles (b 23.05.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | James Wemyss (b 04.05.1778, d 22.08.1849, 6th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1805) Carilone Charlotte Binfield (d 30.01.1863, dau of Rev. Henry Binfield) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Margaret Wemyss (b 11.12.1769, d 19.07.1800) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.08.1793) Alexander Brodie of Arnhall (b 1748, d 1818) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue (d unm) - David (b 29.03.1761, d before 07.1784), Francis (b 01.04.1767, d 04.01.1793, Captain), Charles (b 02.06.1768, d 05.06.1802), Catherine (b 08.07.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Frances Wemyss (b 07.11.1722, d 29.06.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1743) Sir James Steuart, 2nd Bart of Goodtrees and Coltness (b 1713, d 1780) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Walpole Wemyss (dsp 1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.01.1754) Louis de Chastel de la Barthe | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Anne Wemyss (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 25.04.1746) John Hamilton of Bargany | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Helen Wemyss (dsp 01.10.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.04.1754) Hew Dalrymple of Fordel (d 11.12.1784, captain) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1708) Mary Robinson (dsp before 08.09.1712, dau of Sir John Robinson, Bart of Farmingwood) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (mcrt 05.07.1716) Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Henry, Lord Sinclair) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | David Wemyss (a 03.1720, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Wemyss (d 20.02.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 17.04.1734) William Gordon, 17th Earl of Sutherland (b 02.10.1708, d 07.12.1750) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Margaret Wemyss (d 31.08.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.04.1740) James Stewart, 8th Earl of Moray (b c1708, 05/6.07.1767) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TSP (Wemyss), BP1934 (Wemyss)
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