Donald Dalrymple

Donald Dalrymple

Donald Dalrymple (1814 – 19 September 1873) was an English surgeon and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1873.

Dalrymple was the son of William Dalrymple of Norwich, and his wife Marianne Bertram, daughter of Benjamin Bertram. He was educated at the Norwich Grammar School and became a doctor. He was a Licenciate of the Apothecaries' Co., a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians. He practiced as a surgeon for many years but retired before entering parliament. He was Sheriff of Norwich from 1860 to 1861 and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was a director of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co., and chairman of the Governors of King Edward VI. Schools. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was the author of On the Climate of Egypt.[1]

At the 1868 general election Dalrymple was elected Member of Parliament for Bath. He held the seat until his death in 1873.[2]

Dalrymple died at the age of 59.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James McGarel-Hogg
William Tite
Member of Parliament for Bath
1868 – 1873
With: William Tite to May 1873
Viscount Chelsea May–June 1873
Viscount Grey de Wilton from June 1873
Succeeded by
Arthur Divett Hayter
Viscount Grey de Wilton


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