WEMYSS & MARCH
The daughters of the Earls of Wemyss and March bear the
title Lady before their Christian names; the sons bear the prefix
"Honourable" before theirs.
Part 1
Sir John Wemyss [Weems], of
That Ilk, cr Baronet [S] 1625 [with remainder to heirs male whatsoever], cr
1628 Lord Wemyss of Elcho [S], with remainder to heirs male bearing name and
arms of Wemyss, cr 1633 Earl of Wemyss, Lord Elcho and Methil
[S], with the same remainder; he was born 1586, and d.22 Nov 1649; he m.1609
Hon. Jean Gray (d.17 Aug 1640); they had eight sons and eight daus, of whom all
d. young except:
1a) David, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (6 Sep
1610-Wemyss Castle Jul 1679); m.1st 4 Feb 1627 Hon. Anna Balfour (d.Wemyss 10 Nov 1649); m.2nd Cumbernauld 1650
Lady Helenor Fleming (dsp Wemyss 20 Apr 1652); m.3rd
Sheriffhall 13 Jan 1653 Lady Margaret Leslie, Dowager
Css of Buccleuch (d.Feb 1688); in 1651 he obtained new patent with remainder to
heirs male of his body, then to his nominees, and then to heirs male
whatsoever; in 1672 he received a newer patent with remainder to his younger
daughter, Margaret, and then to other heirs of entail; these new patents
apparently affected the peerages but not the 1625 Baronetcy, which became
dormant on his death
1b) John (
2b) Jean (
3b) Margaret (
4b) David (
5b) John (
6b) Mary (
7b) Robert (
8b) Isabella (
9b) Anna (
10b) John, Lord Elcho (
11b) Alexander, Lord Elcho (
12b) John, Lord Elcho (b.18 Dec
1653, d.æt 2)
13b) David, Lord Elcho (
14b) Hew, b.23 May 1656, d.æt 3
15b) John, b.13 Oct 1657, d.æt 3
16b) Margaret, 3rd
Countess of Wemyss (
1c) Anne (
2c) Margaret (
3c) David Wemyss, 4th
Earl of Wemyss (bap
1d) David, Lord Elcho (
2d) James, 5th Earl
of Wemyss (30 Aug 1699-Norton, co
3d)
4d) Margaret, d.Drylaw
4c) John (bap
5c) Catherine (bap
2a) Mary, d.1657; m.John Sinclair, 9th Lord
Sinclair (bap
3a) Anne, d.Wemyss
4a) Jean; m.1633
5a)
6a) Catherine, d.24 Feb 1668; m.1st 1654 David
Carnegie, of Craig (d.ca 1663), gson of 1st
Earl of Southesk; m.2nd
Part 2
JAMES Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss, Lord Elcho
and Methil, and Lord Wemyss of Elcho (30 Aug
1699-Norton, co
1a) David, Lord Elcho (
2a) Francis, took surname Charteris (
1b) Francis (Edinburgh 31 Jan
1749-Amisfield 20 Jan 1808); m.London
1c) FRANCIS, changed surname to
Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas, suc his cousin 1810 as 4th Earl of March,
Viscount of Peebles, and Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard, in 1826 secured
reversal of his great-uncle's attainder, and suc as 6th Earl of
Wemyss, etc (15 Apr 1771-Gosford House 28 Jun 1853); m.Edinburgh
31 Aug 1794 Margaret Campbell (d.Gosford House 25 Jan
1850)
1d) FRANCIS, 7th
Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of March, etc (
1e) FRANCIS Richard, 8th
Earl of Wemyss, 6th Earl of March, etc, changed surname to Charteris
(Edinburgh 4 Aug 1818-London 30 Jun 1914); m.1st 29 Aug 1843 Lady
Anne Anson (22 Feb 1823-London 22 Jul 1896); m.2nd Edinburgh 1900
Hon Grace Blackburn (d.London 13 Feb 1946)
1f) Francis (
2f) Arthur (
3f) Alfred Walter (
4f) Evelyn (
5f) Lilian Harriet (
6f) Hilda (
7f) HUGO Richard, 9th
Earl of Wemyss, 7th Earl of March, etc (Edinburgh 25 Aug
1857-Gosford House 12 Jul 1937); m.London
1g) Hugo Francis, Lord Elcho (
1h) FRANCIS David, 10th
Earl of Wemyss, 8th Earl of March, etc (
1i) Elizabeth Mary (b.2 Jul
1941); m.17 Oct 1964 David Holford Benson (1938-17 Oct 2023)
2i) Iain David, Lord Elcho (
3i) Caroline Letty (
4i) JAMES Donald, 11th
Earl of Wemyss, 9th Earl of March, etc (b.22 Jun 1948); m.1st
1j) Francis Richard, Lord Neidpath (b.15 Sep 1984)
2j) Mary Olivia (b.1987); m.1
Sep 2012 Robbie Furze
2h) Martin Michael Charles, cr
1978 [Life] Baron Charteris of Amisfield (
1i) Francesca Mary (b.27 Sep
1945); m.1977 (div 1996) Malcolm Everard MacLaren
Pearson, Lord Pearson of Rannoch (b.20 Jul 1942)
2i) Andrew Martin (b.19 Aug 1947)
3i) Harold Francis (b.11 Jan
1950); m.1984 Blandine Marie Desmons
1j) Zoe France (b.1984)
2j) Julia Maria (b.1985)
2g) Guy Lawrence (
1h) Ann Geraldine Mary (
2h) Frances Laura (10 Aug
1915-London 19 Feb 1990); m.1st 14 Nov 1933 (div 1943) Walter
Francis David Long, 2nd Viscount Long (14 Sep 1911-k.a.Uden 23 Sep
1944); m.2nd 25 Feb 1943 (div 1954) William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd
Earl of Dudley (30 Jan 1894-26 Dec 1969); m.3rd Michael Temple
Canfield (d.20 Dec 1969); m.4th 26 Jan 1972 John Albert Edward
William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (18 Sep 1897-11
Mar 1972)
3h) Mary Rose (
4h) Hugo Francis Guy (
1i) Richard Hugo (
2i) Frances Irene Ann (b.16 Oct
1950); m.1983 (div 1995) Albert Chong
3i) Viriginia
Jane (b.19 Apr 1953); m.1984 Peter Charles Clark
4i) Perdita Rosemary (b.11 Sep 1955);
m.29 Jul 1978 Jeremy Rupert Beckett (b.5 Jul 1952)
5i) James Hugo Desmond (b.13
Sep 1958); m.1990 Kathryn Helen Shaw
1j) Felix Guy (b.1992)
2j) Esmé Iris (b.1995)
3j) Ruby Rose (b.1997)
3g) Cynthia Mary Evelyn (
4g) Colin (
5g) Mary Pamela Madeline Sibell
(
6g) Ivo Alan (
7g) Irene
8f) Alan Dudley (
9f) Sir Evan Edward (
2e) Richard (
1f) Elinor Margaret (
2f) Maud Emily (
3f) Richard Butler (
4f) Edmund
3e) Margaret (
4e) George (
5e) Walter (k.a.Balaclava
6e) Anne (
7e) Louisa (
8e) Frederick William (
1f) Nigel Keppel (
1g) Margaret Olive (
2g) Anne Louisa (17 May 1909-2
Nov 2000); m.30 Dec 1939 John Arkwright Bonham-Carter (27 Mar 1913-19__)
3g) John Douglas (6 May
1914-2006); m.1st
1h) Sarah Keppel (b.8 Feb
1945); m.1970 Peter Guthrie Brown (d.1 Jan 2021)
2h) Bridget Alison (b.8 Dec
1958); m.1983 Ian Donovan
3h) Martin Ian (b.31 May 1960);
m.7 Oct 1989 Helen Elizabeth Heath
1i) Michael John Samuel
(b.1990)
2i) Andrew Philip (b.1992)
4g) David Nigel (
1h) Angela Katherine Keppel (
2h) Helen Mary Keppel (b.10 Jan
1956); m.1984 Richard William Lewis Groves
3h) Nigel Drummond Keppel (b.24
Oct 1958); m.1988 Philippa Margaret Paton
1i) Alice Fiona (b.1990)
2i) James David (b.1992)
3i) Thomas Hugo (b.1998)
2f) Ronald Louis (
3f) Clare Susan (21 Mar 1884-3
Dec 1945); m.18 Nov 1909 Sydney Herbert Drury-Lowe (19 Oct 1871-24 Jan 1945)
2d) Eleanor (
3d) Walter (26 May 1797-8 Aug
1818)
4d) Susan, d.young
6d) Margaret (
6d) Katharine (
7d)
8d) Louisa Antonietta (d.2 Jul
1854); m.14 Aug 1832 William Forbes, of Callendar (1806-10 Feb 1855)
9d) Harriett (d.30 May 1858);
m.3 Sep 1829 Sir George Grant-Suttie, 5th Bt. (
10d) Jane (1811-26 Aug 1897);
m.30 Oct 1858 Philip Dundas (d.15 Dec 1870)
11d) Caroline (
2c) Henrietta Charlotte
Elizabeth (
3c) Susan (d.17 Aug 1816); m.23
Nov 1799 Sir Henry Clinton (d.11 Dec 1829)
4c) Katharine (d.8 Oct 1763);
m.19 Nov 1805 Hon Edward Richard Stewart (5 May 1782-27 Aug 1851)
5c)
2b) Henrietta
3b) Catharine (d.24 Feb 1818)
4b) Janet
5b)
6b) Anne, d.29 Jul 1793
3a)
4a) James (23 Feb 1726-10 May 1786); m.29 Aug 1757 Lady
Elizabeth Sutherland (d.24 Jan 1803)
1b) William, of Wemyss (
1c) James Erskine, of Wemyss (
1d) Frances Henrietta (
2d) James Hay, of Wemyss, changed
surname to Erskine-Wemyss (27 Aug 1829-29 Mar 1864); m.17 May 1855 Millicent
Ann Mary Kennedy Erskine (d.11 Feb1895)
1e) Dora Mina (
2e) Mary Frances (
3e) Randolph Gordon, of Wemyss
(
1f) Mary Millicent (
2f) Michael John, of Wemyss (8
Mar 1888-1982); m.25 Nov 1918 Lady Victoria Alexandrina Violet
Cavendish-Bentinck (London 27 Feb 1890-May 1994)
1g) David, of Wemyss (
1h) Michael James, of Wemyss
(b.10 Nov 1947); m.7 Jun 1975 Charlotte Mary Bristowe
1i) Hermione Mary (b.1982);
m.2006 Thomas Richard Bell
2i) Leonora Anne (b.1986)
2h) Charles John (b.26 Jul
1952); m.21 Oct 1978 Fiona Elizabeth Penn
1i) Mary Victoria (b.1981)
2i) Elizabeth Katherine
(b.1985)
3i) James Michael (b.1987)
2g) Andrew Michael John (b.3
Oct 1925); m.8 Feb 1967 Janet Alethea Scott
1h) Isabella Alethea (b.1968)
2h) William John (b.1970);
m.2002 Janet Alethea Scott
1i) Olivia (b.2004)
2i) Jonathan (b.2004)
4e) Hugo (
5e) Rosslyn Erskine, cr 1919
Baron Wester Wemyss (
1f) Alice Elizabeth Millicent
(1906-31 Dec 1994); m.11 Feb 1953 Francis Henry Cunnack
(d.5 Jan 1974)
3d) Edward Pellew (
2c) William (
1d) James Henry (d.Jun 1857)
2d) Charles Thomas (d.19 Mar
1883)
3d) Isabella Harriet Jane
(London 19 Nov 1837-Emkendorf 7 Dec 1894 [11 Dec 1894, per 1898-1908 GGT]);
m.London
3c) Francis (
4c)
5c) Charles (23 May 1796- )
2b) David (
3b) Elizabeth Margaret (
4b) Francis (1 Apr 1767-4 Jan
1793)
5b) Charles (2 Jun 1768-5 Jun
1802)
6b) James (4 May 1778-22 Aug
1849); m.6 Sep 1805 Caroline Charlotte Binfield (d.30
Jan 1863)
1c) James (Tpperah,
Bengal 11 Jan 1807-27 Jun 1865); m.Helen Reilly (d.1898)
1d) Binfield
(
1e) Hubert Gordon (Muponie, India 12 Aug 1878- )
2e) Alan Binfield
(Dehra Doon, India
1886- ); m.30 Mar 1921 Caroline Ethel
Constable
1f) John Michael (
2d) Mary; m.27 Jan 1870 Thomas
James Quin
3d) Elizabeth Helen (d.27 Dec
1878); m.3 Dec 1867 Grey Townshend Skipwith (
2c) Caroline Charlotte (Tipperah, Bengal 28 Nov 1808-23 Aug 1841); m.Charles
3c) William Binfield
(Bengal 15 Feb 1810-Guildford 24 May 1890); m.24 Mar 1832 Martha Rose Diana
Smith (d.23 Oct 1876)
1d) James (Kurnauc,
Bengal 26 May 1833-13 Jun 1855)
2d) William (Jul 1834-d.an
infant)
3d) Charles (Apr 1836-d.an
infant)
4d) Fanny (
5d) Martha Binfield
(
6d) Mary Harriett (Cawnpore 7
Mar 1845-Woburn, Bucks Sep 1899); m.George Albert Oliphant
7d) Caroline Binfield (Bengal 24 Jul 1848-6 May 1942)
8d) Katherine Jane (
9d)
4c) Francis (
1d) Selina
5c) Mary (d.29 Jul 1889); m.14
May 1833 Charles Frederick Havelock (
6c) Charles Henry (
7c) Elizabeth Huntly (d.17 Oct
1897); m.1840 Sir William Muir (d.11 Jul 1905)
8c) Katherine Harriett (
8c) George Gordon (1819-Bengal
9c) David (1820-d.young)
10c) a dau, d.Bengal
5a)
6a) Anne; m.John Dalrymple, later
7a) Helen, d.1 Oct 1812; m.2 May 1754 Hugh Dalrymple, of
Fordel