David Wemyss, sixth earl of Wemyss

(1721-1787)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wemyss, David, 1721-1787 NRA: Wemyss David (1721-1787) Styled Lord Elcho Jacobite DNB: Wemyss, David, styled sixth earl of Wemyss [known as Lord Elcho] (1721–1787), Jacobite army officer LBT ID: DaWemys1787 VIAF ID: 36276255 LOC ID: n2002053316	B/BAP: 1721-09-21 DIED: 1787-04-29
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The son of James, fifth earl of Wemyss (1699–1756); he was aide-de-camp to Prince Charles Edward and suffered attainder and exile following Culloden.
REFERENCES TO David Wemyss, sixth earl of Wemyss: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1826 Found 1: ¶ 1