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John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss

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in that province of Canada. In 1628 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as
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Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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Sir John Wemyss
Sir William Douglas
Lochleven
Wemyss Castle
Fife
Raith
Dalgety
Baronet of Nova Scotia
New Wemyss
Earl of Wemyss
Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Privy Councillor
Committee of the Estates
Parliament of Scotland
Charles I
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Patrick Gray
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney
David
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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10.1093/ref:odnb/29035
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"Wemyss, David (1678–1720)" 
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