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

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politician who sat in the

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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 officer in the

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and

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for many years, retiring as

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in 1834. In 1848, he inherited the

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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

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in 1852. He was elected Member of Parliament for

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

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

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. He was a member of the

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.Epitaphs and Inscriptions of Aberdeenshire p.15

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* 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 Bombay Marine officers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub