David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss

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

He was the only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss 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:

He died in 1679 at Wemyss Castle in Fife, whose estate he had done much to develop. The estates and titles passed to his daughter Margaret, countess of Wemyss.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
John Wemyss
Earl of Wemyss
1649–1679
Succeeded by
Margaret Wemyss

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