Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair.
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair was a Scottish lawyer and statesman, and a key influence on the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a leading figure of Scottish law, "and also one of the greatest thinkers on law across Europe has ever produced".
John Dalrymple may refer to:
Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick (1652–1737) was a Scottish judge and politician.
Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet was a Scottish writer who served as the Principal Clerk of Session. He was the son of the jurist James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (1619–1695). He is known as contributing to the debate over the Union between England and Scotland with his Collections Concerning the Scottish History (1705)
John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair, KT JP DL, styled Viscount Dalrymple from 1853 until 1864, was a Scottish peer and politician, who served as Governor of the Bank of Scotland for thirty-three years.
Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes was a Scottish advocate and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1721. He served as Lord Advocate, and eventually Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland in 1720.
Dalrymple is a surname, originating with the toponym of Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Used as a surname denoting origin since the 16th century, it was carried by the viscounts of Stair, East Ayrshire in the 17th century . It also occurs as a commoners' surname since at least the 18th century. It has rarely been used as a given name since the later 18th century.
A stair is part of a flight of steps.
The Dalrymple, later Dalrymple-Hamilton, later Hamilton-Dalrymple Baronetcy, of North Berwick in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 29 April 1697 for the Hon. Hew Dalrymple, Lord President of the Court of Session under the judicial title of Lord North Berwick from 1698 to 1737. He was the third son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, and the brother of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Cranstoun, and Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Haddington and Haddingtonshire. The third Baronet represented Haddingtonshire in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire, Ayrshire and Haddington. He assumed the additional surname of Hamilton after that of Dalrymple. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Haddington. The eighth Baronet assumed the surname of Hamilton before that of Dalrymple. The tenth Baronet was Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian from 1987 to 2001.
The Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstonebaronetcy, of Horn and of Logie Elphinstone in the County of Aberdeen, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 January 1828 for Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone. He was the grandson of Hew Elphinstone, second son of Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, third son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. The fifth Baronet assumed the surname of Elphinstone-Dalrymple. The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1956.
Events from the year 1692 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Events from the year 1694 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet was Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs and the Principal Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland.
North Hamilton Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair was a Scottish aristocrat.
John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, styledViscount Dalrymple from 1906 until 1961; was a British peer and soldier.
General John Hamilton Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair, KT, known as Sir John Dalrymple, 5th Baronet, between 1810 and 1840, was a British soldier and politician.
Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Baronet of Milncraig, Ayr and Livingstone, Linlithgow, was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.
Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynnynmond, was a Scottish landowner, lawyer and journalist.
The Dalrymple baronetcy of Hailes, Midlothian was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 8 May 1701, for David Dalrymple, fifth son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair. He was Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs from 1708 to 1721, in the Parliament of Great Britain. This title became extinct on the death of the 5th baronet, Sir John, on 17 October 1829.
