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John Wemyss
John Wemyss ("c." 1579–1636), also spelled Weemes or Weemse, was a Church of Scotland minister, Hebrew scholar and exegete.
Life.
John Wemyss was born at Lathocker in eastern Fife, and educated at the University of St Andrews. In 1608, he was appointed minister of Hutton in Berwickshire, and in 1613 he was translated to Duns. For several years Wemyss acted as a representative of Presbyterian ministers in altercations with champions of episcopacy, for example at the Falkland Conference (4
Alexander Wood Renton
Sir Alexander Wood Renton (24 June 1861 – 17 June 1933) was a Scottish lawyer and British colonial judge. He served as the 21st Chief Justice of Ceylon from 1914 to 1918.
Biography.
Renton was born in Fife, the son of Rev. John Renton and Janet Morrison ("née" Wemyss), a cousin of Sir James Wemyss Mackenzie, 5th Baronet. He was educated at the Glasgow Academy and the University of Edinburgh, where he took first class honours in the "Legum