Francis (Wemyss) Wemyss-Charteris (1723 - 1808)

Born 21 Oct 1723 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine Gordon — married 12 Sep 1745 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1808 at age 84 in Gosford, East Lothian, Scotland

Biography

Francis (Wemyss) Wemyss-Charteris is a member of Clan Wemyss.

Sir Francis Wemyss was a member of the aristocracy in Scotland.

Francis Wemyss Charteris (21 October 1723 – 24 August 1808) was a Scottish landowner who claimed to be 7th Earl of Wemyss.

Charteris was the second son of James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss and his wife Janet, daughter and wealthy heiress of Colonel Francis Charteris. He was baptised in the parish of Wemyss, Fife on 24 October 1723^[1]

He was born with the name Francis Wemyss but in 1732, he legally changed it to Francis Wemyss Charteris, adopting his mother's maiden name on the inheritance of the estates of his maternal grandfather Colonel Charteris.^[2]

On 12 September 1745, he married Lady Katherine Gordon, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Gordon. ^[3]

They had eight children:^[4]

1. Henrietta or Hariet (1747-?)^[5]
2. Francis Wemyss Charteris, styled Lord Elcho (1749–1808)^[6]
3. Kathren or Catherine (1750-1812)^[7]
4. Janet 1751- ?)^[8]
5. Frances Charteris (1753-1848)^[9]
6. Anne Charteris (1755-1793)^[10]
7. Jean (1756-?) ^[11]
8. James (1760 -?)^[12]

Francis died at Gosford on 24 August 1808, aged 84.^[4] His grandson Francis obtained a reversal of the attainder in 1826 and became the eighth Earl of Wemyss.

Sources

1. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; WEMYSS, FRANCIS; JAMES EARL/WEMYSS JANET CHARTERIS FR723 (FR723); M; 24/10/1723; 459/ 20 304; Wemyss; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
2. ↑ Will of Francis Charteris, Colonel of Ampsfield , Scotland; The National Archives PROB 11/650/406; 02 June 1732; https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D685768
3. ↑ OPR Marriage indexes; GORDON, KATHRINE; FRANCIS CHARTERS/FR2036 (FR2036); 07/09/1745; 709/ 60 218; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Scots Peerage; Vol 8; pp 513-514; https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft#page/512/mode/2up
5. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, HARIET; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); U; 07/09/1747; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
6. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, FRANCIS; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); U; 02/02/1749; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
7. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, KATHREN; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); F; 07/07/1750; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
8. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, JANET; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); F; 01/10/1751; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
9. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, FRANCESS; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); U; 08/04/1753; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
10. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, ANN; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); F; 22/03/1755; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
11. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, JEAN; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); F; 19/11/1756; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
12. ↑ OPR Baptism indexes; CHARTERIS, JAMES; FRANCIS CHARTERIS/CATHERINE GORDON FR329 (FR329); M; 06/04/1760; 709/ 40 99; Haddington; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

see also

• http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/wemyss1633.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wemyss-Charteris
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1087.htm#i10865