David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss [SEP] date of death
David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss
David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (6 September 1610July 1679) was an army officer.
He was the only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray (d. 1640), daughter of Lord Gray.
As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640. On 1 September 1644, at the head of about 6000 men,
Elcho Castle near Perth.
Earls of Wemyss (1633).
- John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (died 1649)
- David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (1610–1679)
- Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss (1659–1705)
- David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss (c. 1678–1720)
- James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss (1699–1756)
- David Wemyss, "soi disant" 6th Earl of Wemyss (1721–1787) (attainted 1746)
- Francis Wemyss Charteris