Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1650 β May 1719) was a Scottish writer who served as the
Principal Clerk of Session
The Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary is the clerk of court responsible for the administration of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and their associated staff. The Keeper of the Signet grants a commission to the Principal Clerk of Sessio ...
. He was the son of the jurist
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May 1619 β 29 November 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, and a key influence on the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a leading figure of Scottish law, βand also one of the greatest thinkers on law ...
(1619β1695). He is known as contributing to the debate over the
Union between England and Scotland with his ''Collections Concerning the Scottish History'' (1705)
Works
Dalrymple wrote:
* ''Apology for himself, 1690'', Edinburgh, 1825.
* ''Collections concerning the Scottish History preceding the death of King David the First in 1153. Wherein the sovereignty of the Crown and independency of the Church are cleared, and an account given of the antiquity of the Scottish British Church and the noveltie of Popery in this Kingdom'', Edinburgh, 1705.
William Atwood published ''Remarks'' on the ''Collections'', which were also adversely criticised by John Gillane (Gillan), biographer of
John Sage, in 1714.
* ''A Vindication of the Ecclesiastical Part of Sir John Dalrymple's Historical Collections: in answer to a pamphlet entitled "The Life of Mr. John Sage",'' Edinburgh, 1714.
References
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
;Attribution
1650 births
1719 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Scottish antiquarians
Younger sons of viscounts
Principal Clerks of Session and Justiciary
17th-century Scottish people
18th-century Scottish people
Scottish knights
17th-century Scottish historians
18th-century Scottish historians
19th-century British civil servants
18th-century Scottish writers
17th-century Scottish writers
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