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== The name 'Inverclyde' ==
== The name 'Inverclyde' ==



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The name 'Inverclyde'

From Some Memories of a Scotswoman by Mary Hay Corfield, 1934 p. 53

In 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Her Majesty conferred on my father a peerage... family discussions on the title were many. At last Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss was decided (since) Castle Wemyss is situated at the mouth of the Clyde.

From the Greenock Telegraph, 14th October 1973

Editorial 'Inverclyde' (name suggested by the newspaper)

It would ... be a tribute to the late Lord Inverclyde, whose interest in the area was always constant (sic)