John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair (9 October 1906 – 26 February 1996), was a British peer. Styled Viscount Dalrymple from 1906 until 1961
Dalrymple was the son of
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.
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and Violet Evelyn Harford. He served as
Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire from 1961 to 1983. He also competed in the
four-man bobsleigh event at the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
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Family
Lord Stair married
the Queen
In the English-speaking world, The Queen most commonly refers to:
* Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death
The Queen may also refer to:
* Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), ...
's cousin, Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1930 – 1 November 2017), daughter of
Sir David Bowes-Lyon and Rachel Pauline Clay, on 14 January 1960. They had three children and ten grandchildren:
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John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (b. 4 September 1961) he married Hon. Emily Mary Julia Stonor on 17 June 2006. They have three children.
*Hon. David Hew Dalrymple (b. 30 March 1963) he married Emma R. Woods and they have three children
**Alexander John Peter Dalrymple (b. 29 April 2007)
**Davina Alice Louisa Dalrymple (b. 19 April 2009)
**Harry David Fergus Dalrymple (b. 6 April 2015)
*Hon. Michael Colin Dalrymple (b. 1 April 1965)
Hon. Michael Colin Dalrymple profile
cracroftspeerage.co.uk; accessed 1 April 2016. he married Harriet Lucy Buxton in 1991. They have four children:
**William Hew Dalrymple (b. 1992)
**Angus Dalrymple (b. 1993)
**Peter Dalrymple (b. 26 April 1996)
**Flora Dalrymple (b. 2001)
Death
Lord Stair died on 26 February 1996, aged 89, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
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References
Sources
*''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition'', 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003).
External links
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1906 births
1996 deaths
Earls of Stair
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Lord-Lieutenants of Wigtown
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Members of the Royal Company of Archers
British male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders of Great Britain
Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics