| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| The Earl of Wemyss and March | |
| Office: | Lord-Lieutenant of Peeblesshire |
| Term Start: | 1853 |
| Term End: | 1880 |
| Predecessor: | The Earl of Wemyss and March |
| Successor: | Colin James Mackenzie |
| Birth Name: | Francis Wemyss-Charteris |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1795 |
| Alma Mater: | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Parents: | Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss Margaret Campbel |
| Children: | 6 |
Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of March (14 August 1795 – 1 January 1883), was a Scottish peer.
Wemyss-Charteris was born 14 August 1795, the son of Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss and the former Margaret Campbell.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
From 1827 to 1830, he served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. He was admitted to Royal Company of Archers, gaining the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1842.[1]
Upon his father's death in 1853, he succeeded to the Earldoms of Wemyss and March. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Peeblesshire from 1853 to 1880.[2]
On 22 August 1817, he was married to Lady Louisa Bingham (1798–1882) in Paris, France. Lady Louisa was a daughter of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan and Lady Elizabeth Belasyse (third daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg and former wife of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk). They had six children:
They lived at 64 Queen Street in Edinburgh, one of the largest houses in Edinburgh's New Town.[3]
Lady Wemyss died on 16 April 1882. Less than a year later, Lord Wemyss died on 1 January 1883.