David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss
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David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss (29 April 1678 – 15 March 1720) son of James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland
James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland
James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland was a Scottish peer.Weymss was the son of General Sir James Wemyss of Caskieberry. On 28 March 1672, he married his cousin, Lady Margaret Wemyss and they later had three surviving children:...

 and Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss and Countess of Cromarty was a suo jure Scottish peeress.Margaret was the daughter of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes...

 (1659–1705).

In his 41 years Earl Wemyss married three times:
  • (13 August 1697) Lady Anne Douglas (d. 23 Feb 1700), the only daughter of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry
    William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry
    William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC also 3rd Earl of Queensberry and 1st Marquess of Queensberry was a Scottish politician....

    , two sons, David, Lord Elcho (d. 1715), and James (1699–1756), who became 5th Earl of Wemyss
    James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss
    James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss was the son of David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss.He was key to securing his father-in-law's release from Newgate after he was sentenced to hang for the capital felony of rape....

  • (5 January 1709) at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Mary Robinson (d. 1711/12), daughter of Sir John Robinson
  • (July 1716) Elizabeth St. Clair (d. 1721), daughter of Henry, Lord Sinclair; two daughters: Elisabeth, who married William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, and Margaret, who married James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray
    James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray
    James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray KT was the son of Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray.In 1734, he married Grace Lockhart, a granddaughter of the 9th Earl of Eglington and they had one child:...

    .


Entered parliament on 28 June 1705, and was the same year sworn of the privy council. He was one of the commissioners for the treaty of Union with England. In 1706 he was appointed High Admiral of Scotland, and this office having been abolished at the Union, he was then constituted Vice Admiral of Scotland.
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