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Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, (15 October 1839 – 20 June 1916) was a Scottish
He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for East Lothian, and a JP for Midlothian and Ayrshire, and a captain in the Prince Regent's Ayr and Wigtown Militia. His seat was at
Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, (15 October 1839 – 20 June 1916) was a Scottish Conservative
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politician.
Life
Born Charles Fergusson, he was the second surviving son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, and grandson of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet, and his wife Jean, daughter ofDavid 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 ...
. Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet (14 March 1832 – 14 January 1907) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator.
Background and education
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fergusson was the eldest son of Sir Charle ...
, was his elder brother. On the death of his father in 1849 he assumed the surname of Dalrymple in lieu of Fergusson. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge
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, graduating with third-class honours in classics. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1865.
In 1849 he assumed the surname Dalrymple in lieu of his patronymic in accordance with the will of his great-grandfather 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 ...
He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for East Lothian, and a JP for Midlothian and Ayrshire, and a captain in the Prince Regent's Ayr and Wigtown Militia. His seat was at Newhailes
Newhailes House is a Palladian style country house which stands in 80 acres of parkland on the edge of the small town of Musselburgh in East Lothian, Scotland. Originally named Whitehills, it is a Category A listed building which is now occupie ...
, Musselburgh.
He entered Parliament for Buteshire in 1868, a seat he held, with a brief interruption from April to July 60, until 1885, and later represented Ipswich
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from 1886
Events
January–March
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to 1906. He was created a baronet
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, of New Hailes in the County of Midlothian, in 1887, and sworn of the Privy Council, in 1905.
From 1894 to 1896 he was Grand Master of the Freemasons in Scotland.
Dalrymple died on 20 June 1916, aged 76. He is buried in Inveresk
Inveresk (Gaelic: ''Inbhir Easg'') is a village in East Lothian, Scotland situated to the south of Musselburgh. It has been designated a conservation area since 1969. It is situated on slightly elevated ground on the north bank of a loop o ...
churchyard. The grave lies in the north-west corner of the first Victorian cemetery extension, west of the main churchyard.
Family
He was married to Alice Mary Hunter Blair (1850–1889) daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet. They had three children, Christian Elizabeth Louisa (later Dumaresq) (1875–1932), David Charles Herbert, (1879–1932) and Alice Mary (1884–1959). Their son, Lt Cmdr David Charles Herbert Dalrymple (1879–1932), inherited the estates when he became 2nd baronet.References
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