Person:David Wemyss (11)

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David Wemyss, Lord Elcho
b.12 Aug 1721
d.29 Apr 1787
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  1. David Wemyss, Lord Elcho1721 - 1787
  2. Francis Wemyss-Charteris1723 - 1808
  3. James Wemyss1726 - 1786
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Name David Wemyss, Lord Elcho
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Aug 1721
Death[1] 29 Apr 1787
Reference Number? Q5240964?


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David Wemyss, Lord Elcho and de jure 6th Earl of Wemyss (12 August 172129 April 1787), was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, attainted for his part in the 1745 Rising and deprived of titles and estates.

One of the few Jacobites excluded from the 1747 Act of Indemnity, his attempts to return home were unsuccessful and he spent the rest of his life in France and Switzerland. His wife Sofia (1756–1777) died in childbirth; Elcho left no legitimate children and when he died in Paris in 1787, his property passed to a younger brother.

His record of the 1745 Rising or A short account of the affairs of Scotland in the years 1744, 1745, 1746, is now considered a key contemporary source for the Rising.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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