Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, GCB, CMG, MVO (12 April 1864 - 24 May 1933), known before 1919 as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, served in active naval command positions during the First World War, with postings to the Mediterranean and Egypt, and was appointed First Sea Lord in December 1917. Wemyss (pronounced "Weems") was the third and youngest son of James Erskine Wemyss and the former Millicent Erskine. His mother was a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Ailsa, and his father, born James Wemyss, was the only son of Rear-Admiral James Wemyss, eldest son of Lieutenant-General William Wemyss, eldest son of the Hon. James Wemyss, third son of the 5th Earl of Wemyss. Wemyss was also a descendant of King William IV and a close friend of King George V. He married Victoria Morier (died 22 April 1945), daughter of the Rt Hon. Sir Robert Morier, on 21 December 1903. The couple had one daughter, Alice Elizabeth Millicent (born 1906, died 31 December 1994; married 11 February 1953 to Francis Henry Cunnack, died 5 January 1974). Wemyss lived in Wemyss in Fife.