Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss , GCB , CMG , MVO (born April 12, 1864 in London , United Kingdom , † May 24, 1933 in Cannes , France ) was a British Admiral of the Fleet and first Sea Lord ( first Sea Lord : 1917-1919) the British navy.
He was the youngest son of James Hay Erskine-Wemyss (1829-1864) and his wife Millicent Anne Mary Erskine († 1895). Since 1903 he was married to Victoria Morier (1864-1945). With her he had a daughter, Alice Elizabeth Millicent Erskine-Wemyss (1906-1994).
Wemyss signed the Compiègne Armistice Agreement (1918) to end the First World War . Together with the French Marshal Ferdinand Foch , he led the Entente delegation after the victory over the Central Powers .
On November 18, 1919 he was given the hereditary title of nobility Baron Wester Wemyss , of Wemyss in the County of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . Since he had no male offspring, the title expired on his death.
Fonts
- The Navy in the Dardanelles Campaign. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1924.
Web links
- Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Erskine-Wemyss, 1st and last Baron Wester Wemyss, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 12, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ William Stewart: Admirals of the World. A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. McFarland & Co, Jefferson NC et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-3809-9 , pp. 286 f., ( Limited preview online at Google Book Search (English)).
- ↑ History Of World War I. Volume 2: Victory and Defeat, 1917-1918. Marshall Cavendish, New York NY et al. 2002, ISBN 0-7614-7233-9 , p. 524, ( limited preview online (English) at Google Book Search ).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Cecil Burney |
Second Sea Lord 1917 |
Herbert Heath |
John Jellicoe |
First sea lord 1917–1919 |
David Beatty |
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SURNAME | Wemyss, Rosslyn, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wemyss, Rosslyn Erskine, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British officer, most recently Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord (1917–1919) |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1864 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |
DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1933 |
Place of death | Cannes , France |