Wemyss can refer to:
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Wemyss, Fife
Wemyss ( ) is a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth. It is bounded on the north-east by the parish of Scoonie and the south-west by the parish of Kirkcaldy and Dysart and its length from south-west to ...
, a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth.
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Wemyss Bay
Wemyss Bay (; ) is a town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the traditional county of Renfrewshire. It is adjacent to Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire. The town and villages have alway ...
, a large village in Inverclyde, Scotland
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Wemyss Bay railway station
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, a terminus on the Inverclyde Line
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Castle Wemyss
Castle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland. It stood on the southern shore of the Firth of Clyde at Wemyss Point, where the firth turns southwards.
History
It was built around 1850 for Charles Wilsone Brown, a property developer w ...
, a demolished mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland
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East Wemyss
East Wemyss () is a village situated on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,928.
History
East Wemyss was traditionally one of several coal mining communities along the south coa ...
, a village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland
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Wemyss Castle
Wemyss Castle (pronounced eems is situated in Wemyss on the sea cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland. Wemyss Castle is considered to be a multi-period building, and today's castle includes many elements ...
, a castle in Wemyss on the cliffs between East and West Wemyss
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Wemyss Cave, a cave in Fife, Scotland, where very early
prehistoric art
In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of rec ...
was found
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West Wemyss, a village on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland
People
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Clan Wemyss, a Lowland Scottish clan
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Earl of Wemyss and March
Earl of Wemyss ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1633. The Scottish Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century. Since 1823 the earldom has been held with the Earldom of March, created in ...
, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland held by a joint holder since 1826
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James Wemyss (disambiguation), multiple people
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John Wemyss (disambiguation), multiple people
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Kathy Wemyss, an Australian rock musician
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Mary Wemyss
Mary Constance Elphinstone Wemyss (14 January 1868 – 15 March 1951), born Lutyens, was an English novelist who published her work under the name of Mrs George Wemyss.
Early life
Wemyss was born in Kensington, Middlesex, one of the thirteen child ...
(1868–1951), an English novelist
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Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, (12 April 1864 – 24 May 1933), known as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss between 1916 and 1919, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the 12th C ...
(1864–1933), a British officer of the Royal Navy
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Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson (1824-1894), a Canadian fur-trader and political figure
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Yuan Wemyss
Yuan Wemyss (also known as ''Rita Yuan Gao'', ''Yuan Gao'' and ''Rita Pickering''; Chinese: 高源; born 14 January 1976) is a former Chinese-born Scottish badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecoc ...
(born 1976), China-born Scottish badminton player
Other
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Wemyss Ware, a type of pottery
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Wemys, a character's middle name in Lord of the Flies
See also
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Weems (disambiguation)
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