William Sinclair Wemyss (1790 - 1831)

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Dunbar) Sinclair Wemyss — married 3 Nov 1810 in Wick, Caithness

Descendants

Died 1831 at about age 41 in In quicksands

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Biography

William was an only child. William died in quicksands in 1831, probably in September or October as his son was granted leave then by the military.

William Sinclair Wemyss ... ^[1]

Sources

• The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)
• The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun
• The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]
• Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1935 edition
• The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke
• Private papers referring to various cadet branches of the Sutherland family in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm
• A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.
• Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland
• Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by William Arbuthnot, Mar 10, 2013

Acknowledgments

Thanks to William Arbuthnot for starting this profile.

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