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Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, (12 April 1864 – 24 May 1933), known as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss between 1916 and 1919, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the 12th Cruiser Squadron and then as Governor of Moudros before leading the British landings at Cape Helles and at Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli Campaign. He went on to be Commander of the East Indies & Egyptian Squadron in January 1916 and then First Sea Lord in December 1917, in which role he encouraged Admiral Roger Keyes, Commander of the Dover Patrol, to undertake more vigorous operations in the Channel, ultimately leading to the launch of the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918.
==Naval career==
Born the youngest son of James Erskine Wemyss and Millicent Ann Mary Kennedy Wemyss (née Erskine), Wemyss joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS ''Britannia'' in 1877.〔Heathcote, p. 250〕 He was posted to the corvette HMS ''Bacchante'' in July 1879, having been promoted to midshipman on 23 September 1879, he transferred to the battleship HMS ''Northumberland'' in the Channel Squadron in 1883.〔 After a tour in the corvette HMS ''Canada'' on the North America and West Indies Station, he was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 24 September 1883, and posted to the torpedo depot ship HMS ''Hecla'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1885.〔 Promoted to lieutenant on 31 March 1887, he joined the Royal Yacht HMY ''Osborne'' in October 1887 and then transferred to the battleship HMS ''Anson'' in the Channel Squadron in September 1889.〔 He joined the armoured cruiser HMS ''Undaunted'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1890, the battleship HMS ''Empress of India'' in the Channel Squadron in 1892 and the cruiser HMS ''Astraea'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1895.〔
Wemyss joined the Royal Yacht HMY ''Victoria and Albert'' in 1896, and having been promoted to commander on 31 August 1898, he transferred to the cruiser HMS ''Niobe'' on the Cape of Good Hope Station which served as a troopship for prisoners of war during the Second Boer War.〔 He was invited by the Duke of York to become second-in-command of the ocean liner SS ''Ophir'' on his cruise March–October 1901 to open the Parliament of Australia and visit Commonwealth countries to thank them for their support during the Boer War.〔 Promoted to captain after their return, on 5 November 1901, he became an extra equerry to the new Prince of Wales on 19 November 1901 and was appointed a Member of Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order on 24 December 1901. He became Captain of the Royal Naval College, Osborne in August 1903 and was given command of the cruiser HMS ''Suffolk'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1905 and then the cruiser HMS ''Implacable'' in the Atlantic Fleet in March 1909.〔 He served as Captain of the ocean liner SS ''Balmoral Castle'' for the Duke of Connaught's cruise to open the Parliament of South Africa in 1910.〔Heathcote, p. 251〕 Appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 14 March 1910, he took part in the funeral of King Edward VII in May 1910 and became an extra equerry to King George V on 10 June 1910, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George on 17 January 1911. Promoted to rear-admiral on 19 April 1911, he became Commander of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet in October 1912.〔
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