John Wemyss of Logie

John Wemyss of Logie escaped from Dalkeith Palace with the help of his Danish girlfriend Margaret Winstar

John Wemyss younger of Logie, (1569-1596), was a Scottish courtier, spy, and subject of the ballad "The Laird o Logie", beheaded for plotting to blow up a fortification at Veere in the Netherlands.