Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1650 – 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 Session ...

. He was the son of the jurist

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May 1619 – 29 November 1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman, and a key influence on the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a leading figure of Scottish law, “and also one of the greatest thinkers on law ...

(1619–1695). 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
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