1721 - 1786 (64 years)
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Name |
David (6th Earl of Wemyss (De Jure)) Wemyss |
Birth |
30 Jul 1721 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1786 |
Person ID |
I115632 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
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Notes |
- David, Lord Elcho, was implicated in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and was consequently attainted. 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.
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His brother, Francis, succeeded
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