Charteris is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Earl of Wemyss is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1633. The Scottish Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century. Since 1823 the earldom has been held with the Earldom of March, created in 1697. The holder of the title is sometimes known as the Earl of Wemyss and March, but the titles are distinct.
Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March, styled Lord Elcho from 1916 to 1937, was a Scottish peer, landowner and conservationist. From 1946 to 1991, he served as chairman and then president of the National Trust for Scotland.
Francis Wemyss Charteris was a Scottish landowner who claimed to be 7th Earl of Wemyss.
Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of March, was a Scottish peer.
Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March, known as the Earl of March from 1810 to 1826 and as the Earl of Wemyss and March from 1826 to 1853, was a Scottish peer.
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian, or Haddingtonshire.
Gosford House is a neoclassical country house around 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland, on the A198 Aberlady Road, in 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of parkland and coast.
Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO DL, styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician. He founded the Liberty and Property Defence League.
Francis Charteris may refer to:
Clan Charteris is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.
Clan Wemyss is a Lowland Scottish clan.
David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss, was a Scottish peer and Member of Parliament who served as Lord High Admiral of Scotland from 1706 to 1714.
David Wemyss, Lord Elcho and de jure 6th Earl of Wemyss, was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, attainted for his part in the 1745 Rising and deprived of titles and estates.
Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March DL, styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician.
The Honourable Sir Evan Edward Charteris was an English biographer, barrister and arts administrator. He published notable biographies of his friend John Singer Sargent and of Edmund Gosse.
James Wemyss was a Scottish naval officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1763 to 1784.
James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March,, also known as Jamie Neidpath, is a British peer and landowner.
Francis Wemyss Charteris, Lord Elcho was a Scottish nobleman and member of parliament.
Mary Constance Charteris, Countess of Wemyss and March, styled Lady Elcho from 1883 to 1914, was an English society hostess and an original member of The Souls, an exclusive social and intellectual group.