Person Page - 1901

     David Wemyss was the son of Sir David Wemyss and Cecilia Ruthven.
      Ancestor of Wemyss of Fingask, Dairsie, Fife.

     Henry Wemyss was the son of Sir David Wemyss and Cecilia Ruthven.
     He lived at Wester Dron. Ancestor of Wemyss of Foodle, Fife.

     Lady Margaret Douglas was the daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton and Lady Agnes Leslie.¹ A contract for the marriage of Lady Margaret Douglas and Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss was signed on 17 April 1574.¹
      From 17 April 1574, her married name became Wemyss.

     William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton was born circa 1584.¹ He was the son of Robert Douglas, Master of Morton and Jean Lyon.¹ He married Lady Anne Keith, daughter of George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal and Margaret Home, on 28 March 1604.¹ He died on 7 August 1648.
     He succeeded to the title of 7th Earl of Morton [S., 1458] circa September 1606.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1621.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1627.¹ He held the office of Lord High Treasurer [Scotland] between 1630 and 1636.¹ He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1633.¹ He held the office of Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard between 1635 and 1644.¹ On 16 March 1638 he was granted a charter of the lands, Earldom and Barony of Morton.¹ As a Royalist he raised £100,000 by parting with the Dalkeith and otehr estates.¹ On 15 June 1643 he was granted by Royal Charter the Orkney and Shetland Islands, redeemable on payment of £30,000.¹

     Isabel Wemyss was the daughter of Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss and Mary Stewart. She married Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat, son of Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat and Katherine Mackenzie, in 1614.¹ She died in 1636.²
      Her married name became Fraser.

     Cecilia Wemyss was the daughter of Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss and Mary Stewart.¹ A contract for the marriage of Cecilia Wemyss and William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine was signed on 3 October 1599.² She died before 1604, without issue.¹
      From 3 October 1599, her married name became Murray.

     Janet Wemyss was the daughter of Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss and Mary Stewart. She died in April 1655.

     Catherine Wemyss is the daughter of Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss and Mary Stewart.² A contract for the marriage of Catherine Wemyss and Sir John Haldane, 11th of Gleneagles was signed on 18 August 1624.¹
      From 18 August 1624, her married name became Haldane.

     Sir John Robinson lived at Farmingwoods, Northamptonshire, England.

     William III, King of Naples and Sicily was the son of Tancred de Lecce, King of Naples and Sicily.¹ He died circa 1198.²
     He was deposed as King of Sicily in 1194.² He succeeded to the title of King William III of Naples and Sicily in 1194.²