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Peerage Record – 71085

Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss1

Male, Registry Number #710841, b. 11 June 1866, d. 3 December 1938

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss was born on 11 June 1866.1 He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Henry Manley Wemyss and Harriet Vincent Sheriff.1 He married Muriel Swiney, daughter of Colonel G. C. Swiney, on 27 April 1905.1 He died on 3 December 1938 at age 72.1

Child of Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss and Muriel Swiney

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2682. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Muriel Swiney1

Female, Registry Number #710842

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Muriel Swiney is the daughter of Colonel G. C. Swiney.1 She married Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss, son of Maj.-Gen. Henry Manley Wemyss and Harriet Vincent Sheriff, on 27 April 1905.1
     From 27 April 1905, her married name became Wemyss.1

Child of Muriel Swiney and Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2682. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Colonel G. C. Swiney1

Male, Registry Number #710843

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Colonel G. C. Swiney lived at Burrington Park, Perry Cross, Plymouth, Devon, England.1

Child of Colonel G. C. Swiney

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2682. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Harriet Vincent Sheriff1

Female, Registry Number #710844, d. 24 May 1913

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Harriet Vincent Sheriff married Maj.-Gen. Henry Manley Wemyss, son of James Wemyss and Susan Gillespie, on 10 February 1857.1 She died on 24 May 1913.1
     From 10 February 1857, her married name became Wemyss.1

Children of Harriet Vincent Sheriff and Maj.-Gen. Henry Manley Wemyss

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2682. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

James Wemyss1

Male, Registry Number #710845, b. 18 September 1799, d. 1871

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     James Wemyss was born on 18 September 1799.1 He was the son of James Balfour Wemyss and Mary Manley.1 He married Susan Gillespie, daughter of David Gillespie of Mountquhanie and Kirkton, in 1827.1 He died in 1871.1

Child of James Wemyss and Susan Gillespie

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2681. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Susan Gillespie1

Female, Registry Number #710846, d. 1866

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Susan Gillespie was the daughter of David Gillespie of Mountquhanie and Kirkton.1 She married James Wemyss, son of James Balfour Wemyss and Mary Manley, in 1827.1 She died in 1866.1
     From 1827, her married name became Wemyss.1

Child of Susan Gillespie and James Wemyss

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2681. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

David Gillespie of Mountquhanie and Kirkton1

Male, Registry Number #710847

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018

Child of David Gillespie of Mountquhanie and Kirkton

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2681. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Mary Manley1

Female, Registry Number #710848

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Mary Manley is the daughter of Henry Manley.1 She married James Balfour Wemyss.1
     Her married name became Wemyss.1

Children of Mary Manley and James Balfour Wemyss

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2681. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Henry Manley1

Male, Registry Number #710849

Last Edited=15 Aug 2018
     Henry Manley lived at Manley, Devon, England.1

Child of Henry Manley

Citations:
  1. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2681. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Landed Gentry, 17th ed.

Clara Thornhill1

Female, Registry Number #710850, b. 1836, d. 10 July 1865

Last Edited=4 Jul 2021
     Clara Thornhill was born in 1836 at London, England.1 She was the daughter of Thomas Thornhill and Clara Peirse.1 She married William Capel Clarke-Thornhill, son of Thomas Truesdale Clarke and Jane Selina Capell, on 20 November 1855 at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. She died on 10 July 1865.
     From 20 November 1855, her married name became Clarke-Thornhill.

Children of Clara Thornhill and William Capel Clarke-Thornhill

Citations:
  1. [S474] FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.com. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.

 

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