The Earl of WemyssLord Neidpath
(baronage and peerage), B. of Linton and Newlands, (other titles are peerages), Clan Chief
The Rt Hon The Earl of Wemyss (James Donald Charteris, 13th and 9th Earl of Wemyss and March, Viscount of Peebles, Lord Wemyss, Lord Elcho and Methil, Lord Neidpath, Lord Douglas, Baron Wemyss in the peerage - Lord Neidpath and Baron of Linton and Newlands in the baronage of Scotland - Clan Chief of Charteris)
peer addressed as My Lord or Lord Weymss
Credentials
- • Lordship of Neidpath PS, 1698/7/18 (patent recorded 21 July 1698, of the original letters patent dated Kensington 20 April 1697) (20 Apr. 1697 (recorded 21 Jul. 1698)) rps.ac.uk/trans/1698/7/18 ; RPS, 1700/10/254 (Ratification, 31 Jan. 1701) (31 Jan. 1701) rps.ac.uk/trans/1700/10/254
- • Baron of Linton and Newlands RPS, 1700/10/254 (Ratification, 31 Jan. 1701) (31 Jan. 1701) rps.ac.uk/trans/1700/10/254
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