Wemyss

Wemyss can refer to:

Places

• Wemyss, Fife, a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth.
• Wemyss Bay, a large village in Inverclyde, Scotland
  • Wemyss Bay railway station, a terminus on the Inverclyde Line
  • Castle Wemyss, a demolished mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland
• Coaltown of Wemyss, a village in the Wemyss area of Fife, Scotland
• East Wemyss, a village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland
• Wemyss Castle, a castle in Wemyss on the cliffs between East and West Wemyss
• Wemyss Cave, a cave in Fife, Scotland, where very early prehistoric art was found
• West Wemyss, a village on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland

People

• Clan Wemyss, a Lowland Scottish clan
• Earl of Wemyss and March, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland held by a joint holder since 1826
• James Wemyss (disambiguation), multiple people

• James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (died 1682), husband of Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
• James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss (1699–1756), grandson of the preceding, Scottish peer
• James Wemyss (1726–1786), son of the preceding, Scottish MP
• James Erskine Wemyss (1789–1854), grandson of the preceding, Scottish admiral and MP
• James Hay Erskine Wemyss (1829–1864), son of the preceding, Scottish MP
• James Wemyss (New Zealand politician) (1828–1909), Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand
• James Wemyss (British Army officer) (1748–1833), major during American Revolutionary War at Battle of Fishdam Ford

• John Wemyss (disambiguation), multiple people

• John Wemyss (minister) (c. 1579–1636), Church of Scotland minister, Hebrew scholar and exegete
• Sir John Wemyss (landowner) (1558–1621), Scottish landowner
• John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649), his son, Scottish politician
• John Wemyss of Logie (1569–1596), Scottish courtier and spy

• Kathy Wemyss, Australian rock musician
• Mary Wemyss (1868–1951), English novelist
• Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss (1864–1933), a British officer of the Royal Navy
• Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson (1824–1894), Canadian fur-trader and political figure
• Yuan Wemyss (born 1976), China-born Scottish badminton player

Other

• Wemyss Ware, a type of pottery
• Wemys, a character's middle name in Lord of the Flies

See also

• Weems (disambiguation)