John Hew North Gustav Henry Hamilton-Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (12 June 1848 – 2 December 1914), known as Viscount Dalrymple from 1864 to 1903, was a Scottish army officer and nobleman.

Early life

Hamilton-Dalrymple was the son of John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair (the eldest son of North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair) and his wife, Louisa Jane Henrietta Emily de Franquetot, the eldest daughter of Augustin-Gustave de Franquetot, 3rd Duke of Coigny and Henrietta Dundas Dalrymple-Hamilton (a daughter of

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Career

Lord Stair was a

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of the

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, and was promoted to

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on 4 March 1902. He was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 August 1902. In 1912 he became President of the influential Scottish conservationist group the

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, relinquishing the position the following year. His son John would go on to become President of the group in 1932.

Personal life

On 10 April 1878, he married Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie, daughter of

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, and Lady Susan Harriet Innes-Ker. Before their divorced in 1905, they were the parents of three children: *

John James 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. Military and politica ...

(1879–1961), who married Violet Evelyn Harford, daughter of Col. Frederick Henry Harford and Florence Helen Isabella Parsons (a granddaughter of the 2nd Earl of Rosse), in 1904. * Lady Beatrice Susan Dalrymple (1881–1962), who married

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in 1905. They divorced in 1922. * Lady Marjorie Louise Dalrymple (1888–1971), who was appointed Dame of Grace,

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and an Officer,

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. Lord Stair died on 2 December 1914, aged 66.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (

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: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1284.

References

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