Earl of Wemyss
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, created in 1633 and 1697 respectively, that have been held by a joint holder since 1826. The Scottish
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Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss
Wemyss Castle
Wemyss Castle is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland.- History :Accounts date the construction of the castle to the year 1421 when Sir John Wemyss decided to build a fortified castle to replace one destroyed by the Duke of Rothesay at...
in Fife
Fife
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since the 12th century. In 1625 John Wemyss
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss Knighted in 1618 in 1625 Wemyss was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625, with a charter to the barony of New Wemyss in that province of Canada...
was created a Baronet, of Wemyss in the County of Fife, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. In 1628 he was raised to the 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 of Scotland. He later supported the Scottish parliament against Charles I
Charles I of England
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, and died in 1649. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl.
In 1672 he resigned his peerages to the Crown in return for a new patent with original precedency and extending the limitation to his daughters. Lord Wemyss had no male issue and on his death in 1679 the baronetcy became extinct. He was succeeded in the peerages according to the new patent by his daughter Margaret, the third Countess of Wemyss. She married as her first husband her third cousin twice removed Sir James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland. He was the son of General Sir James Wemyss of Caskieberry, grandson of James Wemyss, younger brother of Sir John Wemyss, great-grandfather of the first Earl of Wemyss. She was succeeded by her son from her first marriage, David, the fourth Earl. He served as Lord High Admiral of Scotland
Lord High Admiral of Scotland
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and sat in the House of Lords
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as a Scottish Representative Peer
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from 1707 to 1710. Lord Wemyss married Lady Anne Douglas, 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....
and sister of William Douglas, 1st Earl of March (see below).
On his death the titles passed to his second but eldest surviving son James, the fifth Earl. He married the great heiress Janet Charteris, daughter of Colonel Francis Charteris, who had made a large fortune by gambling and was noted for the rape of Anne Bond. Their eldest son David, Lord Elcho, was implicated in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and was consequently attainted
Attainder
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. On his father's death in 1756 he was not allowed to succeeded to the peerages but nonetheless assumed the title of Earl of Wemyss. Lord Elcho died childless and the peerages would have but for the attainder devolved upon his younger brother Francis, the de jure seventh Earl, who nevertheless assumed the title. He assumed the surname of Charteris in lieu of Wemyss on being made heir his maternal grandfather Colonel Charteris's estate. His successor was his grandson Francis, the de jure eighth Earl (the son of Francis Wemyss Charteris, "Lord Elcho"). In 1810, upon the death of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry and 3rd Earl of March
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry KT was a Scottish nobleman.Born in Peebles, Queensberry was the only son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March, and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton....
, he succeeded as fourth Earl of March, fourth Viscount of Peebles and fourth Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard as the lineal heir male of the aforementioned Lady Anne Douglas, sister of the first Earl of March (see below). On his accession to these titles he assumed the surname of Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas. In 1821 he was created Baron Wemyss, of Wemyss in the County of Fife, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. In 1826 he also obtained a reversal of the attainder of the earldom of Wemyss and became the eighth Earl of Wemyss.
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and Haddingtonshire
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in the House of Commons
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for many years. He was succeeded by his fifth but eldest surviving son, the eleventh Earl. He sat as Conservative
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for Haddingtonshire and Ipswich
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and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire from 1918 to 1937. the titles are held by the thirteenth Earl of Wemyss and ninth Earl of March, who succeeded in 2008. He is also Chief of Clan Charteris
Clan Charteris
-Origins of the Name:Chartres, the French city famed for its cathedral, is claimed as the origin of this name. William, a son of the Lord of Chartres, is said to have come to England with the Norman Conquest, and his son or grandson came north to Scotland with the retinue of David I...
.
The titles of Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard, Viscount of Peebles and Earl of March were created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1697 for Lord William Douglas, with remainder to heirs male of his body, failing which to his other heirs male and of tailzie
Tailzie
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. He was the second son 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....
. He married Anne Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen, daughter of John Douglas, 3rd Earl of Selkirk and 1st Earl of Ruglen. They were both succeeded by their son William, the third Earl of March and third Earl of Ruglen. In 1768 he was created Baron Douglas of Amesbury, in the County of Wiltshire, in the Peerage of Great Britain
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. In 1778 Lord March and Ruglen also succeeded his first cousin twice removed Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, PC was a Scottish nobleman.The son of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover, and Mary Boyle, daughter of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, was a Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland.He took up the cause...
, as fourth Duke of Queensberry. However, he died unmarried in 1810. On his death the barony of Douglas of Amesbury and earldom of Ruglen became extinct. The dukedom was inherited by his second cousin once removed Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry KG KT FRSE was a Scottish nobleman and long-time friend of the notable Sir Walter Scott...
(see the Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Buccleuch
The title Duke of Buccleuch , formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, who was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of Scotland, England, and Ireland and who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.Anne...
for later history of this title) while the marquessate and earldom of Queensberry passed to his kinsman Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet (see the Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family...
for later history of these titles). He was succeeded in the earldom of March and its two subsidiary titles by his second cousin once removed Francis Wemyss-Charteris, later the eighth Earl of Wemyss. See above for further history of the titles.
Several other members of the Wemyss, later Charteris, family, have also gained distinction. William Wemyss (1760–1822), son of the Hon. James Wemyss (1726–1786), third son of the fifth Earl, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. His elder son James Erskine Wemyss (1789–1854) was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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and the grandfather of Admiral of the Fleet
Admiral of the Fleet
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Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss GCB, CMG, MVO , known as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss between 1916 and 1919, was a British naval commander...
(12 April 1864 – 24 May 1933), known as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss between 1916 and 1919. William Wemyss (1790–1852), younger son of the aforementioned William Wemyss, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. William Binfield Wemyss (1810–1890), son of James Wemyss (1778–1849), younger son of the aforementioned the Hon. James Wemyss, was a General in the Army. The Hon. Frederick William Charteris (1833–1887), third son of the ninth Earl, was a Captain
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
in the Royal Navy. The Hon. Sir Evan Edward Charteris (1864–1940), sixth son of the tenth Earl, was a historian, biographer and barrister and notably published biographies of John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings...
and of Edmund Gosse
Edmund Gosse
Sir Edmund William Gosse CB was an English poet, author and critic; the son of Philip Henry Gosse and Emily Bowes.-Early life:...
. The Hon. Martin Michael Charles Charteris
Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield
Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth II....
, second son of the aforementioned Captain Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho, eldest son of the eleventh Earl, was private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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and was created a life peer
Life peer
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as Baron Charteris of Amisfield in 1978. Hugo Charteris
Hugo Charteris
Hugo Francis Guy Charteris, MC was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. Charteris wrote nine novels, seventeen television screenplays and numerous children's books and short stories.-Biography:...
(1922–1970), grandson of the eleventh Earl, was a renowned post-war novelist and screenwriter. His son, Jamie Charteris
Jamie Charteris
Critical praise for Charteris:"Charteris has crammed each page with comic details: elves in silly outfits , visual subplots and wacky messages...
, became a successful cartoonist.
The 12th Earl of Wemyss resided at Gosford House
Gosford House
Gosford House is the family seat of the Charteris family and is situated near Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland. It was recently the home of the late Rt. Hon. David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March, chief of the name and arms of Charteris.Gosford was built by the 7th Earl of...
near Longniddry
Longniddry
Longniddry is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, with a population of 2,613 .Longniddry is primarily a dormitory village for commuters to Edinburgh, with good transport links by road and rail to the capital...
, East Lothian
East Lothian
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....
. The large mansion was designed by Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Robert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
(although there have been many alterations) and built 1790–1800. The family also owns Stanway House
Stanway House
Stanway House is an example of a Jacobean manor house, located near Stanway, Gloucestershire. The manor was owned by Tewkesbury Abbey for 800 years then for 500 years by the Tracy family and their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss...
in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, Neidpath Castle
Neidpath Castle
Neidpath Castle is an L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about 1 mile west of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The castle is closed to the public.-History:...
near Peebles
Peebles
Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
and Elcho Castle
Elcho Castle
Elcho Castle is located a short distance above the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland. It consists of a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers. The Castle was built on the site of an older structure about 1560,...
near Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
.
Earls of Wemyss (1633)
- John Wemyss, 1st Earl of WemyssJohn Wemyss, 1st Earl of WemyssJohn Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss Knighted in 1618 in 1625 Wemyss was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625, with a charter to the barony of New Wemyss in that province of Canada...
(d. 1649) - David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of WemyssDavid Wemyss, 2nd Earl of WemyssDavid Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss was an army officer.Only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray , daughter of Lord Gray....
(1610–1679) - Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of WemyssMargaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of WemyssMargaret 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) - David Wemyss, 4th Earl of WemyssDavid Wemyss, 4th Earl of WemyssDavid Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss son of James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland and Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss .In his 41 years Earl Wemyss married three times:...
(c. 1678–1720) - James Wemyss, 5th Earl of WemyssJames Wemyss, 5th Earl of WemyssJames 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....
(1699–1756) - David Wemyss, 6th Earl of WemyssDavid Wemyss, 6th Earl of WemyssDavid Wemyss, de jure 6th Earl of Wemyss , generally known as Lord Elcho even after his father's death, was a Scottish peer and Jacobite army officer.-Life:...
(1721–1787) (attainted 1746) - Francis Wemyss Charteris, 7th Earl of WemyssFrancis Charteris, 7th Earl of WemyssFrancis Wemyss Charteris was a Scottish landowner who claimed to be 7th Earl of Wemyss.Charteris was the second son of James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss and his wife Janet, daughter and wealthy heiress of Colonel Francis Charteris...
(1723–1808) - Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of MarchFrancis Douglas, 8th Earl of WemyssFrancis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March , known as the Earl of March from 1810 to 1826 and as the Earl of Wemyss and March from 1826 to 1853, was a Scottish peer....
(1772–1853) (restored 1826) - Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of MarchFrancis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of WemyssFrancis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of March , was a Scottish peer.Wemyss-Charteris was the son of Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, and succeeded in 1853...
(1796–1883) - Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss, 6th Earl of MarchFrancis Charteris, 10th Earl of WemyssFrancis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO , styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician...
(1818–1914) - Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss, 7th Earl of MarchHugo Charteris, 11th Earl of WemyssHugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March , styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914, was a Scottish Conservative politician....
(1857–1937) - (Francis) David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss, 8th Earl of MarchDavid Charteris, 12th Earl of WemyssFrancis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March, KT, DL succeeded his grandfather in the family titles in 1937....
(1912–2008) - James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, 9th Earl of MarchJames Charteris, 13th Earl of WemyssJames Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March, is a member of the Scottish peerage, the 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March.Neidpath was educated first at Eton....
(b. 1948)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is his only son (Francis) Richard Charteris, Lord Elcho (b. 1984).
The next heir presumptive is the Hon. Andrew Charteris (b. 1947), elder son of Lord Charteris of Amisfield
Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield
Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth II....
(1913–1999), younger brother of the 12th Earl
David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss
Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March, KT, DL succeeded his grandfather in the family titles in 1937....
. He has no issue, and his younger brother has no sons. However, there are several collateral heirs.
The nearest collateral heir is James Hugo Desmond Charteris
Jamie Charteris
Critical praise for Charteris:"Charteris has crammed each page with comic details: elves in silly outfits , visual subplots and wacky messages...
(b. 1958), father of one son, Felix Guy Charteris (b. 1992). He is great-grandson of the 11th Earl of Wemyss, 7th Earl of March (1857–1937), and thus a second cousin to the present Earl. Other more distant heirs presumptive are descended from younger sons of the 9th Earl.
Earls of March (1697)
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of March (c. 1665–1705)
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March (c. 1696–1731)
- William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 3rd Earl of MarchWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry KT was a Scottish nobleman.Born in Peebles, Queensberry was the only son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March, and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton....
(1725–1810) - Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of MarchFrancis Douglas, 8th Earl of WemyssFrancis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March , known as the Earl of March from 1810 to 1826 and as the Earl of Wemyss and March from 1826 to 1853, was a Scottish peer....
(1772–1853)
See above for further succession
See also
- Clan CharterisClan Charteris-Origins of the Name:Chartres, the French city famed for its cathedral, is claimed as the origin of this name. William, a son of the Lord of Chartres, is said to have come to England with the Norman Conquest, and his son or grandson came north to Scotland with the retinue of David I...
- Duke of QueensberryDuke of QueensberryThe title Duke of Queensberry was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1684 along with the subsidiary title Marquess of Dumfriesshire for the 1st Marquess of Queensberry...
- Marquess of QueensberryMarquess of QueensberryMarquess of Queensberry is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family...
- Earl of MarchEarl of MarchThe title The Earl of March has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England. The title derived from the "marches" or boundaries between England and either Wales or Scotland , and was held by several great feudal families which owned lands in those border...
- Earl of RuglenEarl of RuglenEarl of Ruglen was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Riccartoun and Lord Hillhouse, it was created on the 14th of April, 1697, for Lord John Douglas-Hamilton, fourth son of William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk, and his wife...
- Earl of SelkirkEarl of SelkirkEarl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created on 4 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch...
- Baron Wester Wemyss