James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss

James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March, (; born 22 June 1948), also known as Jamie Neidpath, He obtained a diploma from the Royal Agricultural College in 1978.

He became heir apparent to the Earldoms of Wemyss and March on the death of his elder brother, Iain David Charteris, Lord Elcho, in 1954. He was subsequently known as Lord Neidpath, as opposed to the usual courtesy title of Lord Elcho. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 2005. or Lord James Charteris, with no further donations registered to those names or Wemyss .

Personal life He married Catherine Guinness (born 1952), daughter of Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (and granddaughter of Diana Mitford and Bryan Guinness), in July 1983. They have a son, Francis Richard (Dick) Charteris, Lord Elcho (b. 1984), who is the heir to the earldoms, and a daughter, Lady Mary Olivia Charteris, a model and singer. James and Catherine were divorced in 1988, and she married Robert Hesketh in 1990.

He later married Amanda Feilding in January 1995. They lived at Stanway House in Gloucestershire and at Gosford House in East Lothian.

His uncle Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield was Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II.