Randolph Wemyss

John Thomson; minister of St. Adrian's church in West Wemyss, until he entered Eton College in 1873.

[2] In January 1900 he embarked on the steam yacht "Vanadis" for a honeymoon cruise to Egypt and South Africa.

Wemyss donated the yacht to the war effort as a hospital ship and he was promoted to the rank of Captain and on 4 September 1900 travelled to Mafeking with Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham.

[3] After his service in the Boer War, business continued in the coalfields on his estates, the docks at Methil and the creation of the Wemyss and District Tramways Company from Leven to Kirkcaldy.

Following a death in November 1907 at the Lochhead and Victoria of a miner, Wemyss, assisted with the underground rescue operations, and developed symptoms from shock and exposure.

In a speech in the House of Commons on 21 October 1909, James Falconer MP for Forfarshire said:- “Mr.