Sujet
David Wemyss, self-proclaimed 6th Earl of Wemyss.
Légende
Prince Charles Edward book (1900) by Andrew Lang. David Wemyss, self-proclaimed 6th Earl of Wemyss (12 August 1721 - 29 April 1787), generally known as Lord Elcho, a Scottish peer and Jacobite army officer. He was educated at Winchester College, (1734-1738), and at the military academy at Angers. Elcho was in Rome from October 1740 until April 1741, where he met James Stuart (claimant to the throne). He was appointed a colonel of dragoons in February 1744 and was a member of the Royal Company of Archers. Elcho joined Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Gray's Mill, near Edinburgh, on 16 September 1745, when he became the prince's first aide-de-camp and an original member of his council. Elcho never returned to Britain, and for his part in the rising he was subject to the act of attainder passed in 1746 and his titles and lands were forfeited. He assumed the title of 6th Earl of Wemyss on his father's death on 21 March 1756, although he was generally known as Lord Elcho. He continued his military career in France, entered the service of Louis XV and became naturalised in Neuchatel.
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A59_233
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,4Mo (4,2Mo) / 32,7cm x 43,2cm / 3866 x 5100 (300dpi)