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| '''James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|DL}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɑːr|t|ə|r|ɪ|s}};<ref></ref> born 22 June 1948), also known as '''Jamie Neidpath''',<ref name="Scotsman (Dick)">, Sandra Dick, '']'', 20 January 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2011</ref> is a |
'''James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|DL}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɑːr|t|ə|r|ɪ|s}};<ref></ref> born 22 June 1948), also known as '''Jamie Neidpath''',<ref name="Scotsman (Dick)">, Sandra Dick, '']'', 20 January 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2011</ref> is a ] and landowner. | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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| He became heir apparent to the ] 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 ] of ] in 2005.<ref name=Whoswho/> | He became heir apparent to the ] 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 ] of ] in 2005.<ref name=Whoswho/> | ||
| He donated £58,000 between 2001 and 2015 to the political party ] as Lord James D Neidpath or Lord James Charteris, with no further donations registered to those names or Wemyss {{As of|2023|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3607413/Notebook.html|title=Notebook|author=Frank Johnson|date=19 June 2004|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>Electoral Commission Index of Donations http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&query=neidpath</ref> | He donated £58,000 between 2001 and 2015 to the political party ] as Lord James D Neidpath or Lord James Charteris, with no further donations registered to those names or Wemyss {{As of|2023|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3607413/Notebook.html|title=Notebook|author=Frank Johnson|date=19 June 2004|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Electoral Commission Index of Donations|title=Search: neidpath|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&query=neidpath|access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Electoral Commission Index of Donations|title=Search: charteris|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&query=charteris|access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> | ||
| ===Personal life=== | ===Personal life=== | ||
| He married |
He married ] (born 1952), daughter of ] (and granddaughter of ] and ]), in July 1983. They have a son, Francis Richard (Dick) Charteris, Lord Elcho (b. 1984),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p1090.htm#i10899|title=Person Page}}</ref> who is the heir to the earldoms, and a daughter, ], a model and singer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frock and roll: the alternative wedding of the year|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/frock-and-roll-the-alternative-wedding-of-the-year-8104005.html|newspaper=London Evening Standard}}</ref> James and Catherine were divorced in 1988, and she married Robert Hesketh in 1990. | ||
| He later married ] in January 1995.<ref>, thepeerage.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011</ref> She founded and directs the ], a charitable trust which carries out pioneering scientific research into psychoactive drugs and consciousness, and promotes evidence-based, health-oriented drug policy reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/|title=The Beckley Foundation|publisher=The Beckley Foundation}}</ref> They live at ] in Gloucestershire and at ] in East Lothian.<ref>Tatler http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/earl-of-wemyss-and-march {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802205654/http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/earl-of-wemyss-and-march |date=2 August 2016 }}</ref> | He later married ] in January 1995.<ref>, thepeerage.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011</ref> She founded and directs the ], a charitable trust which carries out pioneering scientific research into psychoactive drugs and consciousness, and promotes evidence-based, health-oriented drug policy reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/|title=The Beckley Foundation|publisher=The Beckley Foundation}}</ref> They live at ] in Gloucestershire and at ] in East Lothian.<ref>Tatler http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/earl-of-wemyss-and-march {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802205654/http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/earl-of-wemyss-and-march |date=2 August 2016 }}</ref> | ||
| His uncle |
His uncle ] was Private Secretary to ]. | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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British peer and landowner
| The Right HonourableThe Earl of WemyssDL | |
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 Pictured at the 2008 World Psychedelic Forumin Basel, Switzerland | |
| Born | James Donald Charteris (1948-06-22) 22 June 1948 (age 76) |
| Other names | Jamie Neidpath |
| Alma mater | Eton College Oxford University (BA, 1969; MA, 1974) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil, 1975) Royal Agricultural College (1978) |
| Spouses |
(m. 1983; div. 1988) (m. 1995) |
| Children | 2, including Lady Mary Charteris |
| Parent(s) | David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss Mavis Murray |
James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March, DL (/ˈtʃɑːrtərɪs/; born 22 June 1948), also known as Jamie Neidpath, is a British peer and landowner.
Biography
Early life
Wemyss is the second son of Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss, and his first wife, Mavis Murray. He was educated at Eton College. While a teenager he was Page of Honour to the Queen Mother. He went to Oxford (BA 1969, MA 1974), obtaining a DPhil from St Antony's College in 1975. He obtained a diploma from the Royal Agricultural College in 1978. He is known to have undergone an operation of trepanation, the practice of drilling holes in the head, in 1996 in Cairo. He said, "It seemed to be very beneficial."
Career
He runs Alro Group, a real estate fund management group.
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.
He donated £58,000 between 2001 and 2015 to the political party UKIP as Lord James D Neidpath or Lord James Charteris, with no further donations registered to those names or Wemyss as of 2023.
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. She founded and directs the Beckley Foundation, a charitable trust which carries out pioneering scientific research into psychoactive drugs and consciousness, and promotes evidence-based, health-oriented drug policy reform. They live 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.
References
- "Mind Your Language: Dot Wordsworth continues her look at BBC booklets on pronunciation published in the 1930s"
- ^ Will successor to Gosford toe the line?, Sandra Dick, The Scotsman, 20 January 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2011
- ^ ‘WEMYSS’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 12 March 2014
- "Will successor to Gosford toe the line?". The Scotsman.
- Frank Johnson (19 June 2004). "Notebook". The Daily Telegraph.
- "Search: neidpath". Electoral Commission Index of Donations. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- "Search: charteris". Electoral Commission Index of Donations. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- "Person Page".
- "Frock and roll: the alternative wedding of the year". London Evening Standard.
- James Donald Charteris, Lord Neidpath, thepeerage.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011
- "The Beckley Foundation". The Beckley Foundation.
- Tatler http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/earl-of-wemyss-and-march Archived 2 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded byDavid Charteris | Earl of Wemyss Earl of March 2008–present |
Incumbent |
