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.

Biography

He was the eldest son of

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 ...

, and married Louisa-Jane-Henrietta-Emily, eldest daughter of the 3rd Duc de Coigny, in 1846. They had 6 children: * John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (1848–1914) *Lady Jane Georgina Dalrymple (1850 − 8 June 1914; twin), married Sir Arthur Vivian and had issue *Lady Anne Henrietta Dalrymple (1850 – 18 Feb 1899; twin), married Major-Gen. William Vesey Brownlow and had no issue *Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton (31 October 1853 – 9 November 1906), married Marcia Liddell and had issue, including

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 ...

*Hon. Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple KCVO (27 September 1857 – 11 July 1945), unmarried and had no issue *Rev. the Hon. Robert McGill Dalrymple (b. 1862), Vicar of

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He represented

Wigtownshire Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown (, ) is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Wigtownshire was an administrative county used for local government. Since 1975 the area has f ...

in Parliament from 1841 to 1856. He became

Earl of Stair Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair. Dalrymple's father, James Dalrymple, had been a prominent lawyer; having served as Lord President ...

on the death of his father in 1864, and served as

Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, Scotland. The post was abolished in 1975, being replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran. *Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton 17 March 1794 – 30 October ...

from 1870 to 1897. From 1870 to 1903 he was the Governor of the

Bank of Scotland The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: ''Banca na h-Alba'') is a commercial and clearing bank based in Scotland and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, following the Bank of Scotland's implosion in 2008. The bank was established by th ...

. After it was proposed in 1877, he successfully opposed the southward extension to

Drummore Drummore (; (from Gaelic ''An Druim Mòr'' meaning "the great ridge") is the southernmost village in Scotland, located at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway: it has two satellite clachans, called Kirkmaiden and ...

of the

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. He also served as Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland from 1869 to 1871. Between 1896 and 1902 he served as President of the Edinburgh conservation body the

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References

*''Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1850''. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1850

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stair, John Dalrymple, 10th Earl Of 1819 births 1903 deaths Earls of Stair Knights of the Thistle Lord-Lieutenants of Ayrshire Chancellors of the University of Glasgow Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs who inherited peerages Governors of the Bank of Scotland Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 19th-century Scottish businesspeople