Dalrymple is a surname, originating with the toponym of Dalrymple,

East Ayrshire East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...

, Scotland. Used as a surname denoting origin since the 16th century, it was carried by the viscounts of

Stair, East Ayrshire Stair is a village in Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies at the bottom of a glen beside the River Ayr at the north-west border of the 5,376 acre (22 km2) Parish of Stair where the River Ayr is joined by the Glenstang Burn. History The parish is kn ...

in the 17th century (earls of Stair since 1703). It also occurs as a commoners' surname since at least the 18th century. It has rarely been used as a given name since the later 18th century.

Dalrymple Baronets

Baronets, of Stair (1664)

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May 1619 – 29 November 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, and a key influence on the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a leading figure of Scottish law, “and also one of the greatest thinkers on la ...

(1619–1695), created Viscount of Stair in 1690 *

John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair PC (10 November 1648 – 8 January 1707) was a Scottish politician and lawyer. As Joint Secretary of State in Scotland 1691–1695, he played a key role in suppressing the 1689-1692 Jacobite Rising and was for ...

(1648–1707), initially 2nd Viscount of Stair, made 1st Earl of Stair in 1703

Earls of Stair (1703)

(1648–1707), initially 2nd Viscount of Stair, made Earl of Stair in 1703 *

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (20 July 16739 May 1747) was a Scottish soldier and diplomat. He served in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession and, after a period as British Ambassador in Paris, became a ...

(1679–1747) *

James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair (died 13 November 1760), was the son of Colonel William Dalrymple of Glenmure and Penelope Crichton, Countess of Dumfries. He succeeded his uncle John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, but was required to bring a lega ...

(d. 1760) *

William Dalrymple-Crichton, 4th Earl of Stair William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1699–1769) *

John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair (1720–1789) was a Scottish soldier and politician. Life He was eldest son of George Dalrymple of Dalmahoy, fifth son of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, and a baron of the court of exchequer of Scotland, by h ...

(1720–1789) *

John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair (1749–1821) was a Scottish peer, soldier and diplomat. Life The eldest son of John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair, and his wife, a daughter of George Middleton, banker of London, was born 24 September 1749. As cap ...

(1749–1821) *

John Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair (16 November 1784 – 22 March 1840) was the son of General William Dalrymple and Marianne Dorothy Harland. He incurred great scandal over his complicated marital life. He became the 7th Earl of Stai ...

(1784–1840) *

John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair General (United Kingdom), General John Hamilton Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair Order of the Thistle, KT (14 June 1771 – 10 January 1853), known as Sir John Dalrymple, 5th Baronet, between 1810 and 1840, was a British soldier and politician. Backgr ...

(1771–1853) *

North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair North Hamilton Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair (17769 November 1864) was the son of Sir John Dalrymple of Cousland, 4th Baronet (died 26 February 1810) and Elizabeth Hamilton. He married, firstly, Margaret Penny on 27 May 1817. He married, secondly ...

(1776–1864) *

John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair, KT (1 April 1819 – 3 December 1903), styled Viscount Dalrymple from 1853 until 1864, was a Scottish peer and politician, who served as Governor of the Bank of Scotland for thirty-three years. Bio ...

(1819–1903) *

John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair John Hew North Gustav Henry Hamilton-Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (12 June 1848 – 2 December 1914), known as Viscount Dalrymple 1864-1903, was a British army officer and nobleman. Family Hamilton-Dalrymple was the son of John Hamilton Dalrymple ...

(1848–1914) *

John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair John James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair, (1 February 1879 – 4 November 1961), styled Viscount Dalrymple between 1903 and 1914, was a Scottish soldier and Conservative Party, later Unionist Party, politician. Military and politica ...

(1879–1961) * John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair (1906–1996) *

John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 4 September 1961) is a British politician who, since 2008, has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Background Stair is the eldest child of John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair and Da ...

(b. 1961)

Baronets, of Bargeny (1697)

Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick (1652–1737) was a Scottish judge and politician. The third son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, he was Commissary of Edinburgh; Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for New Galloway burgh f ...

, 1st Baronet (1653–1737) *

Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet Sir Hew (or Hugh) Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet, Lord Drummore (12 March 1712 – 24 November 1790) was a Scottish politician and MP. He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Dalrymple, who died on 21 August 1734, predeceasing his father. Sir Hew thus inheri ...

(1712–1790) *

Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (26 October 1746 – 13 February 1800) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Haddingtonshire 1780–1786. Early life He was the son of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 179 ...

(1746–1800) *

Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet (1774 – 23 February 1834) was a British politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded his father in February, 1800 and took the additional surname of Hamilton. He ma ...

(1774–1834) *

Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet (2 December 1780 – 26 May 1835) was a Scottish politician and the MP for Haddington Burghs between 1805 and 1806. He was the second son of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, and the younger brother of Sir H ...

(1780–1835) * Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 6th Baronet (1814–1887) * Sir John Dalrymple, 7th Baronet (1824–1888) * Sir Walter Hamilton-Dalrymple, 8th Baronet (1854–1920) * Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Baronet (1888–1959) *

Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet, (9 April 1926 – 26 December 2018) was a British soldier and Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian. Career Hamilton-Dalrymple was educated at Ampleforth College and joined the Grenadier Guards in 19 ...

(b. 1926)

Baronets, of Cranstoun (1698)

Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1650 – May 1719) was a Scottish writer who served as the Principal Clerk of Session. He was the son of the jurist James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May 1619 – 29 ...

(1650–1719) *

Sir John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1682–1743) * Sir William Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (1704–1771) * Sir John Dalrymple Hamilton, 4th Baronet (1726–1810) *

(1771–1853), succeeded as 8th Earl of Stair in 1840

Baronets, of Hailes, Midlothian (1701)

Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes (1665 – 3 December 1721) was a Scottish advocate and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1721. He served as Lord Advo ...

(1665–1721) *

Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (24 July 1692 – 24 February 1751) was Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs and the Principal Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland. Early life He was the son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet and Janet ( ...

(1692–1751) *

David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 3rd Baronet of Hailes (28 October 172629 November 1792) was a Scottish advocate, judge and historian, born in Edinburgh. Life His father, Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, near Haddington, was Audi ...

3rd Baronet (1726–1792) * Sir James Dalrymple, 4th Baronet (d. 1800) * Sir John Pringle Dalrymple, 5th Baronet (d. 1829)

Baronets, of High Mark (1815)

Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, 1st Baronet General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (3 December 1750 – 9 April 1830) was a Scottish general in the British Army and Governor of Gibraltar. Early life Dalrymple was the only son of Captain John Dalrymple, of the 6th Dragoons and ...

(1750–1830) *

Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of High Mark (3 February 1784 – 3 March 1866) was a British army officer and politician. Early life Aldolphus Dalrymple was the eldest son of Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple and his wife Frances ''nee'' Lei ...

(1784–1866)

Baronets, of New Hailes (1887)

Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, (15 October 1839 – 20 June 1916) was a Scottish Conservative politician. Life Born Charles Fergusson, he was the second surviving son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, and grandson of Si ...

(1839–1916) * Sir David Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1879–1932) * Sir Charles Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (1915–1971)

Surname

Abner Dalrymple Abner Frank Dalrymple (September 9, 1857 – January 25, 1939) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who hit 43 home runs (including 22 in 1884, the second-highest total to that date) and batted .288 with 407 RBI during his 12-s ...

(1857–1939), American baseball player *

Alexander Dalrymple Alexander Dalrymple Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (24 July 1737 – 19 June 1808) was a Scotland, Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the Navy, Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory ...

(1737–1808), Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty * Brian E. Dalrymple, Canadian fingerprint scientist *

Bruce Dalrymple Henry Van "Bruce" Dalrymple (born April 21, 1964) is an American former basketball player best known for his college career at Georgia Tech. He was a second round pick in the 1987 NBA draft. Dalrymple was born in Manhattan, but attended prep sch ...

(born 1964), American basketball player * Campbell Dalrymple (1725–1767), British military officer and Governor of Guadeloupe *

Clay Dalrymple Clayton Errol Dalrymple (born December 3, 1936) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies (–) and Baltimore Orioles (–). Dalrymple was known for his strong ...

(born 1936), American baseball player *

Farel Dalrymple Farel Dalrymple is an American artist and alternative comics creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series '' Pop Gun War''. Career Originally from Oklahoma "by way of California",Ellis, Jonathan"Interview: Farel Dalrymple, Pop Gu ...

, American artist and alternative comics creator * Frederick Dalrymple (1907–1988), birth name of Frederick Dalberg, English born South African opera singer *

Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton KCB (27 March 1890 – 26 December 1974) was a British naval officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was captain of ''HMS Rodney'' when it engaged the ''Bismarck'' on 27 May ...

(1890–1974), British naval officer *

George Elphinstone Dalrymple George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pionee ...

(born 1826), Australian explorer, public servant and politician * G. Brent Dalrymple, American geologist *

Ian Dalrymple Ian Dalrymple (26 August 190328 March 1989) was a British screenwriter, film director, film editor and film producer. Biography Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at Rugby School, Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worke ...

(1903–1989), British screenwriter, film director and producer * Jack Dalrymple **

Jack Dalrymple (musician) Jack Dalrymple is an American musician, hailing out of San Francisco, California, who started his music career in 1995 with his first band One Man Army. They released their first EP entitled '' Shooting Blanks'' in 1996. One Man Army found moder ...

, member of musical band $wingin' Utter$ **

Jack Dalrymple John Stewart Dalrymple III (born October 16, 1948) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd Governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th Lieutenant Govern ...

, 32nd Governor of North Dakota and businessman *

Jamie Dalrymple James William Murray Dalrymple (born 21 January 1981) is a Kenyan-born former English cricketer, who played ODIs and T20Is for England. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler. He is perhaps best known for taking a spectacular diving ...

(born 1981), English cricketer *

Jerry Dalrymple Gerald Richard Dalrymple (August 6, 1906 – September 25, 1962) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Dalrymple worked odd jobs at Ouachita Junior College in Arkadelphia for three years. He was a prominent end for coach Berni ...

, (born 1907), All-American Football Player, Tulane University * John Dalrymple ** John Dalrymple (died 1742) (1699–1742), Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs, 1728–1734 **

John Dalrymple (physician) John Dalrymple FRS (17 April 1804 – 2 May 1852) was an English ophthalmologist who was born in Norwich, the son of William Dalrymple. In 1827 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently became an eye surgeon at the ...

(1803–1852), English ophthalmologist **

John Dalrymple (political writer) John Dalrymple (1734–1779) was a Scottish writer who twice served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1770 and 1779). He wrote numerous political tracts, among which ''Answers for the Right Honourable John Dalrymple, Lord Provost of the city ...

(1734–1779) ** Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay (1821–1912), 3rd Baronet, was a Scottish Admiral and politician **

John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple General John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple, (5 January 1819 – 28 June 1888) was a senior British Army officer. He was born the son of Sir Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone of Horn and Westhall, 1st Baronet. He joined the Scots Fusilier ...

(1819–1888), British Army general *

Learmonth White Dalrymple Learmonth White Dalrymple (c.1827–26 August 1906) was a New Zealand educationalist who campaigned for girls' secondary education in Dunedin and for women to be admitted to the University of Otago. This was the first Australasian university to ...

(c.1827–1906), New Zealand educationalist *

Leona Dalrymple Leona Dalrymple (1884 – 1968) was an early 20th century American writer of novels, short stories, and plays. Biography Leona Dalrymple was on February 11th, 1884 in Passaic, New Jersey as the oldest child of New Jersey Assemblyman and fo ...

(born 1884), American author * Robert Dalrymple (1880–1970), Scottish footballer *

Timothy Dalrymple Patheos is a non-denominational, non-partisan online media company providing information and commentary from various religious and nonreligious perspectives. Upon its launch in May 2009, the website was primarily geared toward learning about re ...

, associate director of content at Patheos.com, a religious website *

Louis Dalrymple Louis Dalrymple (January 19, 1866 – December 28, 1905) was an American cartoonist, known for his caricatures in publications such as '' Puck'', '' Judge'', and the New York ''Daily Graphic''. Born in Cambridge, Illinois, he studied at the Penns ...

(1866–1905), American caricaturist * William Dalrymple **

William Dalrymple (historian) William Dalrymple (born William Hamilton-Dalrymple on 20 March 1965) is a Delhi-based Scottish historian and art historian, as well as a curator, photographer, broadcaster and critic. He is also one of the co-founders and co-directors of the w ...

(born 1965), Scottish historian and writer **

William Dalrymple (1678–1744) William Dalrymple (1678 – 30 November 1744) was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1741. Dalrymple was baptized on 11 October 1678, the fifth b ...

, Scottish MP in the British Parliament **

William Dalrymple (British Army officer) William Dalrymple (1736 – 16 February 1807) was a Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament and Parliament of Ireland. He was the son of the Hon. George Dalrymple, brother of John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair. F ...

(1736–1807), Scottish soldier and MP in the British Parliament

Pseudonym

Theodore Dalrymple Anthony Malcolm Daniels (born 11 October 1949), also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple (), is a conservative English cultural critic, prison physician and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in ...

, pen name of Anthony Daniels

Fictional characters

* Charlie Dalrymple, a fictional character in ''

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'', a musical written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe * Lady Dalrymple, a viscountess in ''

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'', a novel by Jane Austen * Russell Dalrymple, portrayed by

Bob Balaban Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Gosford Park'' (2001), in which he also appeared. Balab ...

, the fictional head of

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in the sitcom ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld ( ...

'' * The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple, an amateur detective in the book series by author

Carola Dunn Carola Dunn (born November 14, 1946) is a British writer of regency romances and detective fiction. Life Dunn attended Friends' School, Saffron Walden, and graduated from the University of Manchester.Skulduggery Pleasant ''Skulduggery Pleasant'' is a series of dark fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. The books revolve around the adventures of fledgling detective Valkyrie Cain, her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant, along with other friends and allie ...

'', a book series by Derek Landy

Given name

Dalrymple Maitland Dalrymple Maitland, JP (22 March 1848 – 25 March 1919) was an Isle of Man business leader and public official who served as a member of the House of Keys starting in 1890, and as Speaker of the House of Keys from 1909 to 1919. A native of Li ...

(1848–1919), Isle of Man politician *

William Dalrymple Maclagan William Dalrymple Maclagan (18 June 1826 – 19 September 1910) was Archbishop of York from 1891 to 1908, when he resigned his office, and was succeeded in 1909 by Cosmo Gordon Lang, later Archbishop of Canterbury. As Archbishop of York, Maclaga ...

(1826–1910), Archbishop of York from 1891 to 1908 *

Hew Dalrymple Ross Field Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, (5 July 177910 December 1868) was a British Army officer. After seeing active service during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, he fought as a troop commander in many of the battles of the Peninsular War and the H ...

(1779–1868), British soldier * James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, University of London law academic