Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss

The Earl of Wemyss and March
The Earl of Wemyss and March, by John Singer Sargent, 1909.
Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire
In office
1847–1883
Preceded bySir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn
Succeeded byLord Elcho
Junior Lord of the Treasury
In office
1853–1855
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire
In office
1841–1846
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born
Francis Richard Charteris

(1818-08-04)4 August 1818
Died30 June 1914(1914-06-30) (aged 95)
Political partyWhig
Spouses
  • Lady Anne Frederica Anson
    (m. 1843; died 1896)
  • Grace Blackburn (c. 1857–1946)
    (m. 1900)
ParentFrancis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss
EducationEton College
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO DL (pronounced weems, rhyming with seems) (4 August 1818 – 30 June 1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician. He founded the Liberty and Property Defence League.