Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick (1652–1737) was a

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judge and politician. The third son of

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (May 1619 – 29 November 1695) was a 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 ...

, he was

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;

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to the

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for New Galloway burgh from 1690, and for North Berwick burgh from 1702. His two elder brothers were

John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair PC (10 November 1648 – 8 January 1707) was a Scottish politician and lawyer. As Joint Secretary of State in Scotland 1691–1695, he played a key role in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1689 and was force ...

and Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Cranstoun and a younger brother was Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes. He was a supporter of the Court interest. In 1681, Dalrymple became an investor in the New Mills cloth manufactory in Haddingtonshire. On 3rd April 1696 he was elected to the court of directors of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies. Dalrymple was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1695. He was created a baronet in the

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in 1698 and succeeded his father in the same year as

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, taking the judicial title Lord North Berwick. He held this post until his death. He was a Commissioner for the articles of union between England and Scotland in 1702 and 1703. He planted the Act of Union Beech trees to commemorate the event and six of these survive to this day (2009). In 1699 Dalrymple bought the barony and Castle of Tantallon from

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, but allowed the castle to fall into further ruin. He married twice, to Marion Hamilton and Elizabeth Dundas and had a large family. His second son Sir Hew Dalrymple (1690–1755) became a Lord of Session as Lord Drummore. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson

Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet Sir Hew (or Hugh) Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet, Lord Drummore (12 March 1712 – 24 November 1790) was a Scottish politician and Member of parliament, MP. He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Dalrymple, who died on 21 August 1734, predeceasing his fathe ...

of Castleton, his eldest son Sir Robert Dalrymple having predeceased him in 1734.

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* * 1652 births 1737 deaths 17th-century Scottish people 18th-century Scottish judges 1 Hew

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