James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss

Who is James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss?

James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March DL, is a member of the Scottish peerage, the 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March.

Neidpath was educated at Eton. While a teenager he was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. He went to and Oxford, obtaining a DPhil from St Antony's College in 1975. He obtained a diploma from the RAC, Cirencester in 1978

He was Assistant Professor at Oxford University, who taught international relations, and now runs Alro Group, a real estate fund management group.

He is known to have undergone an operation of trepanation, the practice of drilling holes in the head, in 1996 in Cairo. He said, "It seemed to be very beneficial."

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 2005