DALRYMPLE, John (1673-1747) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 20 July 1673, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Dalrymple, earl of Stair [S], of Carscreugh Castle, Old Luce, Wigtown, Stair House, Stair, Ayr and Castle Kennedy and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Dundas of Newliston, Linlithgow; bro. of Hon. William Dalrymple^‡. educ. private tutor 1682-5; Leiden Univ. 1685, 1692; Edinburgh Univ. 1688/90; travelled abroad 1701-2. m. 1 Mar. 1708, Eleanor, da. of James Campbell, 2nd earl of Loudoun [S], sis. Hugh Campbell, 3rd earl of Loudoun, and wid. of James, 1st Visct. Primrose [S], bro. Archibald Primrose, earl of Rosebery [S], s.p. KT 25 Mar. 1710; kt. banneret 1743. d. 9 May 1747; will pr. 1747.

Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber to Geo. I, 1714 – 27; PC 1714.

Commr. supply, Ayr and Wigtown 1695, 1704; burgess, Edinburgh 1710. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 191.

Vol., 26 Ft. (Cameronians) 1692; lt.-col. Scots Ft. Gds. 1702; a.d.c. to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, 1703; col. Scots coy. Ft. (Dutch service) 1703–6, Scot. Rec. Soc. xxxv. 34, 36, 38. 26 Ft. 1706, 2 Drags. (Scots Greys) 1706 – 14, 1745 – d., 6 Drags. (Inniskilling) 1715 – 34, 1743 – 45; brig.-gen. 1706, maj.-gen. 1709, lt.-gen. 1710, gen. 1712, field marshal 1742; lt.-gen. ft. [S], 1714, v. adm. [S] 1729 – 33; c.-in-c. Flanders 1742, S. Britain 1744 – 45; gov. Minorca 1742; gen. Marines 1746 – d.

Envoy extraordinary Poland 1709 – 10, France 1714 – 15; amb. extraordinary, France 1715 – 20, United Provinces 1742 – 43.

Parlimentarian

DALRYMPLE, John (1673-1747)

Associated with: Castle Kennedy.

Likenesses

oil on canvas, by school of G. Kneller, Govt. Art. Coll.; oil on canvas, by W. Aikman, c.1727, Glasgow Museums; oil on canvas by A. Ramsay, oils, c.1742 Newhailes, National Trust for Scotland.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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