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James Wemyss

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Birthplace: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: August 22, 1849 (71)
Mussoorie, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Immediate Family:

Son of James Wemyss, I and Lady Elizabeth Wemyss
Husband of Caroline Charlotte Wemyss
Father of James Wemyss, Maj.; Caroline Charlotte Campbell; Mary Havelock; Francis Wemyss, Lt. Col.; William Binfield Wemyss, General and 2 others
Brother of Lt.-Gen. William Wemyss; Elizabeth Margaret Brodie and Capt. Charles Wemyss

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About James Wemyss

Biography

1797, Mar 6: Arrived in India 1797, Mar 27: Assistant to the Judge and Magistrate of the Zillah Adawlut at Behar 1802, Mar 11: Assistant to the Collector of Etawah 1803, Mar 25: Register of the Dewanny Adawlut at, and First Assistant to the Magistrate of, Etawah 1804, Jan 5: Acting Assistant in the Office of the Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief 1804, Aug 1: Collector of Agra 1805, Nov 18: Collector of Tipperah 1815, Feb 28: Collector of Sarun 1821, Feb 2: Collector of Cawnpore 1829, Jan: First Collector of Customs at Cawnpore 1830, Dec 28: Collector of Customs and Land Revenue at Cawnpore 1833: Collector of Land Revenue and Customs at Cawnpore -Bengal Civil Servants Career Histories to 1860

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James Wemyss's Timeline

1778
May 4, 1778
Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
1807
1807
1808
1808
Comilla, Comilla, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
1810
1810
Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1813
1813
Dinapore, West Bengal, India
1814
November 18, 1814
1822
May 3, 1822
Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1826
1826
Cawnpore, West Bengal, India
1849
August 22, 1849
Age 71
Mussoorie, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India