James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss

James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March DL, (also known as Jamie Neidpath[1]) (b. 22 June 1948) is a member of the Scottish peerage, the 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March.

Biography

Early life

Charteris is the son of Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss. He was educated at Eton College. While a teenager he was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. He went to Oxford (BA 1969, MA 1974), obtaining a DPhil from St Antony's College in 1975.[2] He obtained a diploma from the Royal Agricultural College in 1978[2] He is known to have undergone an operation of trepanation, the practice of drilling holes in the head, in 1996 in Cairo. He said, "It seemed to be very beneficial."[1]

Career

He runs Alro Group, a real estate fund management group.[3]

He became heir apparent to the Earldoms of Wemyss and March upon the death of his elder brother, Iain David Charteris, Lord Elcho, in 1954. He was subsequently known as Lord Neidpath as opposed to the usual courtesy title of Lord Elcho. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 2005[2] He is a supporter of UKIP.[4]

Personal life

He married the Hon. Catherine Ingrid Guinness, daughter of Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne in July 1983. Their children include the model Mary Charteris, who married Robbie Furze in 2012.[5] Lord and Lady Neidpath divorced in 1988, and she remarried Robert Hesketh.

He later married Amanda Claire Marian Feilding in January 1995.[6] Amanda founded and directs the Beckley Foundation, a charitable trust which carries out pioneering scientific research into psychoactive drugs and consciousness, and promotes evidence-based, health-oriented drug policy reform.[7] They live in Stanway House, Stanway, Gloucestershire.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will successor to Gosford toe the line?, Sandra Dick, The Scotsman, 20 January 2009, accessed 16 August 2011
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ‘WEMYSS’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 12 March 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/will-successor-to-gosford-toe-the-line-1-1189530
  4. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3607413/Notebook.html
  5. ↑ "Frock and roll: the alternative wedding of the year". Evening Standard.
  6. ↑ James Donald Charteris, Lord Neidpath, thepeerage.com, accessed 16 August 2011
  7. ↑ http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/
  8. ↑ Tatler http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/earl-of-wemyss-and-march
Preceded by
Francis David Charteris		 Earl of Wemyss and March
2008– 		Succeeded by
incumbent