WEMYSS, Margaret ^{1 2}

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Margaret married James STEWART Lord Doune, 8th Earl of Moray, 'the bonnie Earl o' Moray', son of Francis STEWART 7th Earl of Moray and Jean ELPHINSTONE, on 24 April 1740.¹ (James STEWART Lord Doune, 8th Earl of Moray, 'the bonnie Earl o' Moray' was born about 1708 ¹ and died 5(6) July 1767 in Donibristle, Fife, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl (of Moray, James Stewart) married, secondly, 24 April 1740, Margaret, second daughter of David, third (see Note below) Earl of Wemyss. She died at Drylaw, near Edinburgh, 31 August 1779."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

David Wemyss was fourth Earl when the Countess of Wemyss, his mother, is counted in her own right in the succession.




"Lady Margaret (Wemyss), who, on 24th April 1740, married, as his second wife, James, ninth Earl of Moray. She died at Drylaw near Edinburgh, on 31st August 1779, leaving issue."

from Family of Wemyss ^{1 2}