Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Wemyss and March
GCVO DL
The Right Honourable The Earl of Wemyss and March GCVO DL
	The Earl of Wemyss and March, by John Singer Sargent, 1909.
Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire
	In office; 1847–1883
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn
Succeeded by	Lord Elcho
Junior Lord of the Treasury
	In office; 1853–1855
Preceded by	Marquess of Chandos; The Lord Henry Lennox; Thomas Bateson;
Succeeded by	The Viscount Monck; Viscount Duncan;
Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire
	In office; 1841–1846 Serving with Sir Christopher Codrington
Preceded by	Augustus Moreton; Sir Christopher Codrington;
Succeeded by	Marquess of Worcester; Sir Christopher Codrington;
Personal details
Born	Francis Richard Charteris; 4 August 1818
Died	30 June 1914 (aged 95)
Political party	Whig
Spouses	Lady Anne Frederica Anson (m. 1843; died 1896); Grace Blackburn (c. 1857–1946) (m. 1900);
Parent	Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO DL (pronounced weems, rhyming with seems) (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.

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