Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss
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(4 August 1818 – 30 June 1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig
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politician
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. He founded the Liberty and Property Defence League
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London Scottish (regiment)
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regiment for 17 years from its formation in 1859.
He developed an interest in the alternative medical practice of Homeopathy
Homeopathy
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, 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
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(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
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), whose daughter Laura Herbert married the writer Evelyn Waugh
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, and was the mother of Auberon Waugh
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