Historical records matching John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss
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About John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586 – 1649) was a Scottish politician.[1]
Knighted in 1618, in 1625 Wemyss was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625, with a charter to the barony of New Wemyss in that province of Canada. In 1628 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Wemyss of Elcho, and in 1633 he was further honoured when he was made Lord Elcho and Methel and Earl of Wemyss, also in the Peerage of Scotland.[2]
He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a Privy Councillor and one of the Committee of the Estates. Wemyss later supported the Scottish parliament against Charles I in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and died in 1649. He married Jane Gray (daughter of Patrick Gray and Elizabeth Lyon) and was succeeded by his only son, David, the second Earl.[2]
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John Wemyss married Jane Gray in Scotland on September 15, 1609 when he was 23 years old.
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss's Timeline
1586 |
1586
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West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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1610 |
September 6, 1610
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Wemyss, Firthof Fourth, Fifeshire, Norther Scotland
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1610
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Scotland
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1612 |
1612
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Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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1614 |
1614
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Kirkhill, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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1614
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Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1620 |
1620
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Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1649 |
November 22, 1649
Age 63
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Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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