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 politician.
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Dalrymple was the son of John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair.
Dalrymple fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War, where he was captured by the Germans. He also 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.[1]
Lord Stair married Violet Evelyn Harford, a descendant of Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, on 20 October 1904. They had six children:
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Herbert Maxwell |
Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire 1906–1914 |
Succeeded by Hew Hamilton Dalrymple |
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| Preceded by Sir Herbert Maxwell |
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown 1935–1961 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Stair |
| Masonic offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Elgin |
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1924–1926 |
Succeeded by The Lord Blythswood |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by John Dalrymple |
Earl of Stair 1914–1961 |
Succeeded by John Dalrymple |