Person:James Wemyss (2)

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James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss
b.30 Aug 1699
d.21 Mar 1756
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  1. James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss1699 - 1756
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  • H.  James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss1699 - 1756
  • W.  Janet Charteris (add)
  1. David Wemyss, Lord Elcho1721 - 1787
  2. Francis Wemyss-Charteris1723 - 1808
  3. James Wemyss1726 - 1786
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Name James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Aug 1699
Marriage to Janet Charteris (add)
Death[1] 21 Mar 1756
Reference Number? Q6145325?
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss (30 August 169921 March 1756) was the son of David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss.

    On 17 September 1720, he married Janet Charteris, heiress of the great Colonel Francis Charteris, and they had four children:

    In 1730, he was key to securing the release his father-in-law from Newgate Prison after he was sentenced to hang for the capital felony of rape.

    His second son, Francis, the seventh Earl, legally changed his name to Charteris, his mother's maiden name, on his inheritance of Colonel Charteris's estates and fortune built upon gambling.

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  2.   James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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