Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss

Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss (1916)

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

Commons : Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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
Cecil Burney	Second Sea Lord 1917	Herbert Heath
John Jellicoe	First sea lord 1917–1919	David Beatty

personal data
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

[1] 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)).

[2] 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 ).