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Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss

1659 – 1705

Scottish peer in her own right

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Lived 1659 – 1705 (aged 45–46). Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss was a Scottish politician.

Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss and Countess of Cromarty (1 January 165911 March 1705) was a Scottish peer.

Margaret was the daughter of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes. She was the youngest of sixteen children; she and her older sister, Lady Jean Wemyss (a half-sister by her father's first wife), were the only ones who did not die young and childless. Lady Margaret (1 April 1677 – 29 March 1763), married David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk. David, later 4th Earl of Wemyss (1678–1720).

After Lord Burntisland died in 1682, the Countess married Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbat (later created Earl of Cromartie).

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1659
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Countess of Cromarty

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Who was Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss?

Scottish peer in her own right

When was Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss born?

Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss was born in 1659.

When did Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss die?

Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss died on 11 March 1705.

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Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss was a politician.

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Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss was Scottish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss

· Wikidata: Q7620396

· DBpedia: Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss

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