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See also:WEMYSS, EARLS OF , the See also:title held by a Scottish See also:family who had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fifeshire since the 12th See also:century, and of which various members had attained distinction. In 1628 See also:Sir See also:John Wemyss, who had been created a See also:baronet in 1625, was raised to the See also:peerage as See also:Baron Wemyss of Elcho; and in 1633 he became See also:earl of Wemyss, and Baron Elcho and Methel, in the peerage of See also:Scotland. He took See also:part with the Scottish See also:parliament against See also:Charles I., and died in 1649. On the See also:death of See also:David, 2nd earl of Wemyss (1610-1679), the estates and titles passed to his daughter See also:Margaret, countess of Wemyss, whose s nn David, 3rd earl of Wemyss, succeeded on her death in 1705. His son See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, 4th earl (1699-1756), married a See also:great heiress, See also:Janet, daughter of See also:Colonel See also:Francis Charteris, who had made a large See also:fortune by gambling. His son David, See also:Lord Elcho (1721-1787), was implicated in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and was consequently attainted, the estates passing to his younger See also:brother James, while the title remained dormant after his See also:father's death, though it was assumed by Elcho's brother Francis, who took the name of Charteris on inheriting his maternal See also:grand-father's See also:estate. A reversal of the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder was granted in 1826 to his descendant Francis Charteris Wemyss See also:Douglas (1772-1853), who had been created Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in the peerage of the See also:United See also:Kingdom in 1821, and had assumed the name of Charteris Wemyss Douglas on inheriting some of the Douglas estates through a See also:female ancestor. Thenceforward the title descended in the See also:direct See also:line.
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