, 1899 (
Metropolitan Museum) In 1883, he married
Mary Constance Wyndham (1862–1937), daughter of
Percy Scawen Wyndham and sister of
George Wyndham. They were both two of the original members of
The Souls. His married life was detailed in the book
Those Wild Wyndhams by Claudia Renton. Among their children were: • Captain
Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho (1884–1916), killed in action during the
Great War, whilst serving with the
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. He married
Lady Violet Catherine Manners, the daughter of
Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland, in 1911. • Lady Irene Corona Charteris (1902–1989), who married
Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth (1889–1943). Although he and his mistress lived together for many years, he remained married, and his wife became Countess of Wemyss when he inherited the earldom. She died in April 1937, aged 74. Lord Wemyss survived her by three months and died in July of the same year, aged 79. He is buried in the family burial enclosure on the north side of
Aberlady churchyard.
Descendants Lord Wemyss was succeeded in his titles by his grandson
David; two of his sons, Captain Hugo Francis Charteris (1884–1916) and Lt Yvo Alan Charteris (1896–1915), had been killed in action during the
First World War. His grandson by Hugo Francis Charteris was
Martin Charteris,
Private Secretary to princess, then queen
Elizabeth II. His grandchildren by Guy Lawrence Charteris was the socialite
Ann Fleming, and,
Hugo Charteris, a renowned post-war author and screenwriter. He is the great-grandfather of the Scottish cartoonist Jamie Charteris, and
Lady Mary Charteris of the band
The Big Pink. ==References==