John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair

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

Family

Hamilton-Dalrymple was the son of John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair and his wife, Louisa Jane Henrietta Emily de Franquetot. He married Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie, daughter of Sir James Grant-Suttie, 6th Bt. and Lady Susan Harriet Innes-Ker, on 10 April 1878; they were divorced in 1905. There were two children of the marriage:

Career

Lord Stair was a captain of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry,[1] and was promoted to major on 4 March 1902.[2] He was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 August 1902.[3]

In 1912 he became President of the influential Scottish conservationist group the Cockburn Association, relinquishing the position the following year.[4] His son John would go on to become President of the group in 1932.

Death

Lord Stair died on 2 December 1914, aged 66.

Sources

  • Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1284.
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