Wemyss Collection

Lord Elcho, Vanity Fair, Spy
HUGO RICHARD CHARTERIS, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March (1857-1937), styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914. Scottish Conservative politician. Caption: Derby Day Date: 1857-1937

Tatler front-cover: The Countess of Dudley
Daughter of the Hon. Guy Charteris and a cousin of the Earl of Wemyss and March, the Countess of Dudley married the third Earl in 1943

Admirals of the British Navy, WW1
The Sure Shield of Britain -- twelve Admirals of the British Navy on the outbreak of the First World War. They are: Rear Admirals Wemyss, Dudley De Chair, Warrender, King Hall, Limpus

Group visiting the battlefields in a motor caravan, 1920
A group visiting the WW1 battlefields of France and Flanders in 1920 - Lady Victoria Wemyss, Lady Charles Bentinck, the Comtesse Baillet-Latour and Major Baker-Ker

Lady Elcho and her children
Lady Violet Catherine Manners, Lady Charteris, Lady Elcho (1888-1971), second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, wife of Captain Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho

Lord Elcho, Vanity Fair, Ape
FRANCIS RICHARD CHARTERIS, 10th Earl of Wemyss (1818-1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883. British Whig politician

Tenth Earl Wemyss
FRANCIS WEMYSS CHARTERIS, tenth earl of WEMYSS soldier and statesman, while still lord Elcho. Date: 1818 - 1914

Countess of Rosslyn
FRANCES (nee Wemyss) countess of ROSSLYN wife of James, third earl, in her costume at the Eglinton Tournament 1839 Date: ? - 1858

Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, British naval commander, WW1
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss (1864-1933), appointed First Sea Lord in December 1917. He represented Britain at the Armistice, and attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919

Signing of Armistice, Compiegne Forest, Northern France
Photograph taken just after the signing of the Armistice which ended the First World War, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne Forest, Picardy, Northern France

Scotland / Wemyss Castle
Dramatic view upstream to Wemyss Castle Date: 1890s

Admiral Sir Rossyln E. Wemyss(1864-1933), first sea lord of the Admiralty. He acted as the British naval representative at the Armistice

Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, who attended a conference of ministers at the war Cabinet, in connection with the railway strike, which began at midnight on September 26th

A new peer: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rossyln Wemyss
Sir Rossyln Wemyss, who recently relinquished the post of First Lord of the Sea, is to be made a Baron

The Opening of Parliament Procession 1918
The new session of Parliament was opened with a procession, in which the third carriage contained Admiral Rossyln Wemyss(left), First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, General Sir William Roberston

Admiral Rossyln E. Wemyss
The new first Lord of the sea- A distinguised British Admiral. Sir Wemyss is appointed First Sea Lord, and succeeds Sir John Jellicoe in this rank

Stanway House Gateway
The imposing gateway of Stanway House in Gloucestershire, seat of the Earl of Wemyss and March. This gateway was designed by Inigo Jones

German Surrender 1918
Marshall Foch heads a group of delegates in the forests of Compiegne, following the German surrender; central figure is Sir Rosslyn Wemyss

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