Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss

Lord Elcho by Carlo Pellegrini, 1870.

Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO (4 August 1818 – 30 June 1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician. He founded the Liberty and Property Defence League.

Lord Elcho was commanding officer of the London Scottish regiment for 17 years from its formation in 1859.

He developed an interest in the alternative medical practice of Homeopathy, even becoming President of the London Homeopathic Hospital until his death. The strength of his belief is evidenced by his writing in March 1914:

"I wish all success to Homoeopathy, to which I attach my physical well-being in great measure. When I was 90 I was asked to what I attributed my well-being at that late period of life. My answer was, 'To parentage and moderation'. I should have added 'AND HOMOEOPATHY,' with which I have been treated since I was 20."

He married Lady Anne Frederica Anson. In addition to his five sons he was also father of Evelyn Charteris, who married the 4th Viscount de Vesci (Vesey) of Abbey Leix (Queen's County). Their only daughter Mary Gertrude was the second wife of Aubrey Herbert (second son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon), whose daughter Laura Herbert married the writer Evelyn Waugh, and was the mother of Auberon Waugh.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Wemyss

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Augustus Moreton Sir Christopher Codrington	Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire 1841 – 1846 With: Sir Christopher Codrington	Succeeded by Marquess of Worcester Sir Christopher Codrington
Preceded by Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn	Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire 1847 – 1883	Succeeded by Lord Elcho
Political offices
Preceded by Marquess of Chandos The Lord Henry Lennox Thomas Bateson	Junior Lord of the Treasury 1853 – 1855	Succeeded by The Viscount Monck Viscount Duncan
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Francis Wemyss-Charteris	Earl of Wemyss 1883 – 1914	Succeeded by Hugo Charteris
	Earl of March 1883 – 1914