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, 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.
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and his wife, Louisa Jane Henrietta Emily de Franquetot. He married Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie, daughter of
Sir James Grant-Suttie, 6th Bt. and
Lady Susan Harriet Innes-Ker, on 10 April 1878; they were divorced in 1905.
There were two children of the marriage:
*Lady Beatrice Susan Dalrymple (died 10 May 1962) married 1905 (divorced 1922)
Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton
Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton and 4th Earl of Winton (23 June 1880 – 22 April 1945), was the son of George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, and Janet Lucretia Montgomerie. It was the 16th Earl who abandoned Egli ...
, and had issue
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John James 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.
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(b. 1 February 1879 - d. 4 November 1961)
Career
Lord Stair was a
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
of the
Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY), part of the British Army Reserve. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only Royal A ...
, and was promoted to
major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
on 4 March 1902. He was granted the honorary rank of
lieutenant-colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
on 2 August 1902.
In 1912 he became President of the influential Scottish conservationist group the
Cockburn Association
The Cockburn Association (Edinburgh's Civic Trust) is one of the world's oldest architectural conservation and urban planning monitoring organisations, founded in 1875.
The Scottish judge Henry Cockburn (1779–1854) was a prominent campaigner t ...
, relinquishing the position the following year.
His son John would go on to become President of the group in 1932.
Death
Lord Stair died on 2 December 1914, aged 66.
External links
Peerage.com biodata
Sources
*''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1284.
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1848 births
1914 deaths
Earls of Stair
Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry officers
Presidents of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society