Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet (20 November 1805 – 26 December 1886) was a British

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

in two periods between 1857 and 1880. Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone was the son of Sir Robert Dalrymple-Home-Elphinstone, 1st Baronet and his wife Graeme Hepburn daughter of Colonel Hepburn, of Keith. He was educated at the Musselburgh Grammar School. He served as a naval officer for the

Honourable East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

for many years and retired as Commander in 1834. In 1848, he inherited the

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

on the death of his father. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone stood for parliament unsuccessfully at

Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

in 1852. He was elected Member of Parliament for

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

in 1857 and held the seat until 1865 when he was defeated. He stood unsuccessfully at

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...

in 1866. At the 1868 general election he was re-elected for Portsmouth and held the seat until 1880. He died in 1886 at the age of 81.

Family

Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone married Mary Heron Maxwell, daughter of Lieutenant-general

Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet Lieutenant General Sir John Shaw Stewart Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet (29 June 1772 – 29 January 1830), known as John Maxwell until 1803, was a Scottish officer in the British Army and a politician. Life He was the 4th son of Sir William Maxwell ...

, in April 1836. His younger brother Charles Elphinstone-Dalrymple (sic) FSA(Scot) (1817-1891) was a noted antiquarian, geneaologist and expert on

topography Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary sci ...

. He was a member of the

Spalding Club The Spalding Club was the name of three successive antiquarian and text publication societies founded in Aberdeen, which published scholarly editions of texts and archaeological studies relevant to the history of Aberdeenshire and its region. The ...

.Epitaphs and Inscriptions of Aberdeenshire p.15

References

External links

* 1805 births 1886 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeenshire British East India Company Marine personnel {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub