Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (24 July 1692 – 24 February 1751) was Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs and the Principal

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Early life

He was the son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet and Janet ( Rochead) Murray Dalrymple.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.:

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3713. At the time of his parents' marriage, his mother was the widow of Alexander Murray of Melgund (eldest son of Sir Robert Murray,

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, and brother to Robert Murray). From his mother's first marriage, he had an elder half-brother, Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet. Among his siblings of his parents marriage were Andrew Dalrymple (who immigrated to the

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giving up his right to the family title),

Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond ( Hugh Dalrymple) (1695 – 23 December 1741), was a Scottish landowner, lawyer and journalist. Early life He was a younger son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet and Janet ( Rochead) Murray Dalrymple. At the tim ...

, and Janet Dalrymple (who married Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet and, after his death, Gen.

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). His father was the fifth and youngest son of

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and Margaret Ross (daughter of James Ross of Balneil,

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). His paternal uncles were

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, Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, Sir Hew Dalrymple, and Thomas Dalrymple (who became physician to Queen Anne). His maternal grandfather was Sir James Rochead, 1st Baronet of

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and his aunt, Mary Rochead, was the wife of Sir Francis Kinloch, 3rd Baronet. He was educated at

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Career

Sir James succeeded his father in 1722 as the Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs. He also served as the Principal

Personal life

He married Lady Christian Hamilton (1702–1770), daughter of

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. They lived at Newhailes, a country house between Edinburgh and Musselburgh bought by his father, and which Sir James extended. and had fifteen children, including: * David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (1726–1792), who married Anne Broun, daughter of George Broun, Lord Coulston, in 1763. After her death, he married Helen Fergusson, daughter of James Fergusson, Lord Kilkerran, in 1770. * Hugh Dalrymple (d. 1784), who married Lady Helen Wemyss, daughter of

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, in 1754 * James Dalrymple (d. 1791), who married Elizabeth St Clair, daughter of Charles St Clair of Herdmanston, in 1773. * John Dalrymple (d. 1779), who served as

in 1770; he married Anne Young Pringle, daughter of Walter Pringle, in 1774. *

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(1737–1808), a hydrographer and geographer. Sir James died on 24 February 1751 and Lady Christian died on 30 June 1770. Upon his death, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son and heir,

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