David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (6 September 1610July 1679) was an army officer. He was the only son of

John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649) was a Scottish politician. He was a son of Sir John Wemyss and Margaret Douglas, a daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, Sir William Douglas of Lochleven Castle, Lochleven. His home was Wem ...

and Jean Gray (d. 1640), daughter of Lord Gray. As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640. On 1 September 1644, at the head of about 6000 men, he was routed by Montrose at Tippermuir, and in August 1645, as supernumerary commander to Lieutenant-General William Baillie, again suffered defeat by Montrose's forces at Kilsyth. He married three times: *(July 1625) Anna Balfour (d. 1649), daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh; they had one daughter who survived to adulthood, Jean Wemyss (1629-1715), who married (1),

Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, 1st Earl of Ormond (1609–15 January 1655) was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Marquis of Douglas, from whom he obtained the courtesy title of Earl of Angus.Vian in the DNB spells the title Earl of Ormo ...

(2),

George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (2 November 1633 – 4 March 1703) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest surviving son of John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland, and his first wife Lady Jean Drummond, daughter of James Drummond, ...

. *(April 1650) Helenor (d. 1652), daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown; *(13 January 1653) Margaret (d. 1688), daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, and widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch; one daughter,

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

. He died in 1679 at

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 elemen ...

in Fife, whose estate he had done much to develop. The estates and titles passed to his daughter

Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss and Countess of Cromarty (1 January 165911 March 1705) was a Scottish peer. Margaret was the daughter of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes. ...

.William Fraser, ''Memorials of the family of Wemyss of Wemyss'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 293.

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1610 births 1679 deaths Nobility from Fife Military personnel from Fife 17th-century Scottish peers 17th-century Scottish military personnel Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1648–1651 2

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