David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho, was an army officer. He was the only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray (d. 1640), daughter of Lord Gray. Clan Wemyss' estate was Wemyss Castle in Fife (not to be confused the other Wemyss Castle in Inverclyde).
As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640.
He married three times:
(July 1625) Anna Balfour (d. 1649), daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh; they had one daughter who survived to adulthood, Jean Wemyss (1629-1715), who married (1), Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond (2), George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland.
(April 1650) Helenor (d. 1652), daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown.
(13 January 1653) Margaret (d. 1688), daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, and widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch; one daughter, Margaret, the only child to outlive her father.
He died in 1679 at Wemyss Castle in Fife, whose estate he had done much to develop. The estates and titles passed to his daughter Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss.
C.Smith
As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640.
He married three times:
(July 1625) Anna Balfour (d. 1649), daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh; they had one daughter who survived to adulthood, Jean Wemyss (1629-1715), who married (1), Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond (2), George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland.
(April 1650) Helenor (d. 1652), daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown.
(13 January 1653) Margaret (d. 1688), daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, and widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch; one daughter, Margaret, the only child to outlive her father.
He died in 1679 at Wemyss Castle in Fife, whose estate he had done much to develop. The estates and titles passed to his daughter Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss.
C.Smith
David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho, was an army officer. He was the only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray (d. 1640), daughter of Lord Gray. Clan Wemyss' estate was Wemyss Castle in Fife (not to be confused the other Wemyss Castle in Inverclyde).
As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640.
He married three times:
(July 1625) Anna Balfour (d. 1649), daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh; they had one daughter who survived to adulthood, Jean Wemyss (1629-1715), who married (1), Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond (2), George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland.
(April 1650) Helenor (d. 1652), daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown.
(13 January 1653) Margaret (d. 1688), daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, and widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch; one daughter, Margaret, the only child to outlive her father.
He died in 1679 at Wemyss Castle in Fife, whose estate he had done much to develop. The estates and titles passed to his daughter Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss.
C.Smith
As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640.
He married three times:
(July 1625) Anna Balfour (d. 1649), daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh; they had one daughter who survived to adulthood, Jean Wemyss (1629-1715), who married (1), Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond (2), George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland.
(April 1650) Helenor (d. 1652), daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown.
(13 January 1653) Margaret (d. 1688), daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, and widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch; one daughter, Margaret, the only child to outlive her father.
He died in 1679 at Wemyss Castle in Fife, whose estate he had done much to develop. The estates and titles passed to his daughter Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss.
C.Smith
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