James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland
Noble person
1657 – 1682
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Who was James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland?
James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland was a Scottish peer.
Weymss was the son of General Sir James Wemyss of Caskieberry. On 28 March 1672, he married his cousin, Lady Margaret Wemyss and they later had three surviving children:
Lady Anne, married David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven
David, later 4th Earl of Wemyss
Lady Margaret, married David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk.
Almost a month after his marriage, Wemyss was created Lord Burntisland for life and died in 1682.
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- Born
- 1657
- Spouses
- Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
(1672/03/28 - )
- Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
- Children
- Died
- Dec 1, 1682
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on July 23, 2013
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