Earl David Wemyss^[1]

1721 - 1787  (65 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	David Wemyss
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	12 Aug 1721
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Apr 1787	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Earl David Wemyss,   b. 12 Aug 1721   d. 29 Apr 1787, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 65 years) ▻ Baroness Sofie Frederikke Vilhelmine von Uexküll-Güldenband,  m. 9 Sep 1776 + 2. Earl Francis Charteris-Wemyss,   b. 21 Oct 1723   d. 1808  (Age 84 years) ▻ Catherine Gordon + 3. James Wemyss,   b. 23 Feb 1726   d. 10 May 1786  (Age 60 years) ▻ Elizabeth Gordon,  m. 29 Aug 1757   4. Frances Wemyss   d. 1789
  Association	Lt. Gen. David Douglas Wemyss (Relationship: David Douglas-could be a son of the 6th Earl Wemyss)
  Person ID	I675280	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also David Wemyss at Douglas History
  Links To	This person is also David Wemyss at The Peerage
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Earl James Wemyss,   b. 1699   d. 1756, Norton, Durham, England (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Janet Charteris   d. 1778, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
  Marriage	17 Sep 1720	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F96779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Baroness Sofie Frederikke Vilhelmine von Uexküll-Güldenband,   b. 1756   d. 26 Nov 1777 (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1776	Beûtal,, Confoederatio Helvetica
  Family ID	F297346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2010

  
  

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• Notes

  6th Earl of Wemyss He was educated at Winchester College , (1734 to 1738), and at the military academy at Angers. Elcho was in Rome from October 1740 until April 1741, where, he met James Stuart (Stuart claimant to the throne). He was appointed a colonel of dragoons in February 1744 and was a member of the Royal Company of Archers. Elcho joined Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Gray's Mill, near Edinburgh, on 16 September 1745, when he became the prince's first aide-de-camp and an original member of his council. Elcho fought at the Battle of Prestonpans on 21 September 1745. Elcho was one of the majority who at a council of war held at Derby in December 1745 advised the prince to return to Scotland rather than advance further into England and face almost certain death. Later Elcho was present on 17 January 1746 at the siege of Falkirk and on 16 April 1745 at the battle of Culloden , at which Charles's army was defeated by English forces under the command of the Duke of Cumberland . Elcho, together with the Duke of Perth and other leaders of the Jacobite forces, escaped to France in the frigate Mars on 3 May 1746. Elcho never returned to England, and for his part in the rising he was subject to the act of attainder passed in 1746 and his titles and lands were forfeited. In spite of this, he assumed the title of 6th Earl of Wemyss on his father's death on 21 March 1756, although he was generally known as Lord Elcho. Elcho continued his military career in France, where he entered the service of Louis XV and held two unpaid offices, captain in the Fitzjames's regiment, and colonel in the Royal Scots. In the latter post Elcho was with his regiment at Gravelines from June to October 1757 and then at Dunkirk in 1758. Although he held no other military command, Louis XV conferred the Order of Military Merit upon him in July 1770. Dividing his time between France and Switzerland, he become naturalized in Neûchatel.

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Wemyss of Wemyss (Reliability: 2).