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David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss

David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss (29 April 1678 – 15 March 1720) was a Scottish peer and Member of Parliament who served as Lord High Admiral of Scotland from 1706 to 1714.

David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss
Lord High Admiral of Scotland
In office
1706–1714
Preceded byDuke of Montrose
Succeeded byEarl of Rothes
Personal details
Born29 April 1678
Died15 March 1720(1720-03-15) (aged 41)
Spouses
Lady Anne Douglas
(m. 1697; died 1700)
Mary Robinson
(m. 1709; died 1712)
Elizabeth St Clair
(m. 1716)
Parent(s)James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland
Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss

Early life

David Wemyss was born on 29 April 1678, the son of James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (c. 1657–1682) and Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss (1659–1705). His elder sister was Lady Anne Wemyss (d. 1702), who married David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, and his younger sister was Lady Margaret Wemyss, who married David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk.

Career

He succeeded to the Wemyss title on the death of his mother in March 1705. Lord Wemyss entered parliament as a peer 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.

The Earl of Wemyss was one of four non-medicals who was granted an Honorary Fellowship in the first 25 years of the Royal College of Physician's life.

Personal life

In his 41 years Earl Wemyss married three times. The first was on 13 August 1697, to Lady Anne Douglas (d. 23 February 1700), the only daughter of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry. Together, they had two sons 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, heiress of Col. Francis Charteris
  • Lady Williamina Wemyss (1704-1784), who moved to Chester County, Pennsylvania and married Judge William Moore of "Moore Hall"[1]

His second marriage was on 5 January 1709, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London to Mary Robinson (d. 1711/12), daughter of Sir John Robinson.

His third marriage as in July 1716, to Elizabeth St. Clair (d. 1721), the daughter of Henry, Lord Sinclair. Together, they had two daughters:

The Earl of Wemyss died on 15 March 1720.[2]

References

  1. ^ Browning, Charles Henry (1891). Americans of royal descent. A collection of genealogies of American families whose lineage is traced to the legitimate issue of kings. Philadelphia: Porter & Costes.
  2. ^ Sorensen, Janet (2004). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29035. Retrieved 6 March 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • My Clan. . Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Wemyss
1705–1720
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Lord High Admiral of Scotland
1706–1714
Succeeded by

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