Hugo Charteris eleventh Earl of Wemyss

In less than three months LCA lost in rapid succession her mother , her eldest (institutionalised) son, her patron J. M. Barrie , and her father : it was Barrie's death which seemed to distress her most.

LCA 's father, Hugo Charteris (1857-1937), held the courtesy title of Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914, as son and heir of the tenth Earl of Wemyss. He then became the eleventh Earl.