| William Wemyss | |
|---|---|
 General William Wemyyss | |
| Born | April 9, 1760 |
| Died | February 4, 1822 (aged 61) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars |
General William Wemyss of Wemyss (9 April 1760 – 4 February 1822) was a Scottish soldier in the British Army and Member of Parliament.
Family[]
He was the son of the Hon. James Wemyss, third son of the 5th Earl of Wemyss, and his wife Lady Elizabeth, only daughter of the 17th Earl of Sutherland.[1]
On 16 September 1788[2] he married Frances, daughter of Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet. Their children included
- Frances (1794–1858), who married James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn;[3]
- James Erskine Wemyss (1789–1854), a Rear-Admiral; and
- William Wemyss (1790–1852), a Lieutenant-General and also colonel of the 93rd Foot.
Both sons married daughters of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll.[4]
Member of Parliament[]
From 1784 to 1787 Wemyss was MP for Sutherland, succeeding his father,[5] before sitting for Fife from 1787 to 1796 and again from 1807 to 1820.[6]
Military career[]
Captain in the Army by brevet, 1 July 1783[7] DAG in Scotland and Major, 18 November 1786[8] DAG in Scotland and Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 October 1791[9] Colonel, 22 August 1795[10]
He attained the rank of Major-General on 23 June 1798.[11] Action near Ardee[12]
On 16 September 1800 he was Colonel of a new Regiment of Infantry,[13][14] later the 93rd Regiment of Foot. On 30 October 1805 he was promoted to lieutenant-general. He was aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir William Erskine in the 1809 Walcheren Campaign and during the Peninsular War.[15] In 1810 it was announced that he would succeed Sir Hew Dalrymple as Colonel of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, with General Needham becoming Colonel of the 93rd,[16] but the appointments did not take place[17] and Wemyss remained Colonel of the 93rd Foot until his death, when he was succeeded by Sir Thomas Hislop.[18] He was promoted to full general on 4 June 1814.[19]
Death[]
Wemyss died on 4 February 1822.
References[]
- ↑ Earl of Sutherland
- ↑ "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p1087.htm#i10870. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ↑ Earl of Rosslyn[dead link]
- ↑ Earl of Erroll
- ↑ "House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons6.htm. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ↑ "House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "F"". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Fcommons.htm. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ↑ "No. 12453". 1 July 1783. p. 1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/12453/page/1
- ↑ "No. 12804". 18 November 1786. p. 552. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/12804/page/552
- ↑ "No. 13347". 1 October 1791. p. 542. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13347/page/542
- ↑ "No. 13806". 22 August 1795. p. 860. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13806/page/860
- ↑ "No. 15032". 23 June 1798. p. 551. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15032/page/551
- ↑ "No. 15042". 21 July 1798. p. 680. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15042/page/680
- ↑ "No. 15293". 16 September 1800. p. 1055. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15293/page/1055
- ↑ "No. 15297". 30 September 1800. p. 1118. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15297/page/1118
- ↑ Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015). Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo- Volume II: M to Z. Pen and Sword. p. 1828. ISBN 978-1-4738-5768-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=5IOuCAAAQBAJ.
- ↑ "No. 16381". 26 June 1810. p. 922. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16381/page/922
- ↑ "No. 16383". 3 July 1810. p. 963. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16383/page/963
- ↑ "No. 17791". 16 February 1822. p. 282. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17791/page/282
- ↑ "The Royal military calendar, or Army service and commission book. Containing the services and progress of promotion of the generals, lieutenant-generals, major-generals, colonels, lieutenant-colonels, and majors of the army, according to seniority: with details of the principal military events of the last century". Archive.org. 2010-07-21. https://archive.org/stream/royalmilitaryca06goog#page/n84/mode/2up. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Wemyss
- William Wemyss Electric Scotland
- William Wemyss History of Parliament
- Royal Military Calendar
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