1772 - 1853 (81 years)
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Name |
Francis (8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March) Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas |
Birth |
15 Apr 1772 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
28 Jun 1853 |
Person ID |
I118099 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
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Notes |
- The de jure eighth Earl (the son of Francis Wemyss Charteris, "Lord Elcho"). In 1810, upon the death of William Queensberry, 4th Duke of Queensberry and 3rd Earl of March, 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. 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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