John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair

For other people named John Dalrymple, see John Dalrymple (disambiguation).

John James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair, KT, DSO, DL (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 political career

The son of John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair, Dalrymple was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards on 16 February 1898, and promoted to lieutenant on 11 October 1899. He fought in the Second Boer War, where he took part in the march to occupy the Boer capitals Bloemfontein (March 1900) and Pretoria (June 1900), and was present at the successive Battles of Diamond Hill (11-12 June 1900) and Bergendal (21-27 August 1900).[1]

Following the end of hostilities in early June 1902, he left Cape Town on board the SS Orotava,[2] and arrived at Southampton the next month. He later fought in the First World War, where he was captured by the Germans.

Lord Dalrymple sat as Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire from 1906 to 1914, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. Lord Stair was later Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1927 and 1928.[3]

Family

Lord Stair married Violet Evelyn Harford, a descendant maternally of Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, on 20 October 1904. Lady Stair's father Frederick Henry Harford was grandson of Henry Harford, last colonial proprietor of Maryland and illegitimate son of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore. Her paternal aunt Edith Harford married 2ndly (as his 1st wife) George, Viscount Parker (father by his 2nd wife of the 7th Earl of Macclesfield). Her mother Florence Parsons was granddaughter paternally of Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse and maternally of the 2nd Baron Duncombe. Thus the former Violet Harford, despite the lack of a "handle" (courtesy title), was well-connected to the peerage.

They had six children, all but one of whom married and left issue and descendants:

References

  1. Hart′s Army list, 1903
  2. "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home" The Times (London). Thursday, 26 June 1902. (36804), p. 10.
  3. Cracroft-Brennan, P. (ed.). "Profile of John James [Hamilton-Dalrymple later Dalrymple], 12th Earl of Stair, KT DSO DL". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. "Obituaries: Lady Jean Rankin". The Daily Telegraph. 5 October 2001.
  5. "Hon Hew North Dalrymple (1910-2012)". Peerage News. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Herbert Maxwell
Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire
19061914
Succeeded by
Hew Hamilton Dalrymple
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Herbert Maxwell
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
19351961
Succeeded by
The Earl of Stair
Masonic offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Elgin
Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland

19241926
Succeeded by
The Lord Blythswood
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
John Dalrymple
Earl of Stair
19141961
Succeeded by
John Dalrymple
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