Francis (8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March) Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas^[1]

1772 - 1853  (81 years)

• 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	First tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Francis (Lord Elcho) Wemyss,   b. 31 Jan 1749   d. 20 Jan 1808 (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Susan Tracy-Keck   d. 25 Feb 1835
  Marriage	18 Jul 1771
  Family ID	F5706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret (of Shawfield) Campbell   d. 25 Jan 1850
  Marriage	31 Aug 1794
  Children	1. Francis (9th Earl) Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas,   b. 14 Aug 1795   d. 1 Jan 1883 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F9495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren.