John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair

John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair KT (1 April 1819 – 3 December 1903), 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.[1]

The Earl of Stair
"White Dal"
The Earl of Stair as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, September 1883

Biography

He was the eldest son of North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair, and married Louisa-Jane-Henrietta-Emily, eldest daughter of the 3rd Duc de Coigny, in 1846. They had 6 children:

He represented Wigtownshire in Parliament from 1841 to 1856. He became Earl of Stair on the death of his father in 1864, and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire from 1870 to 1897. From 1870 to 1903 he was the Governor of the Bank of Scotland. After it was proposed in 1877, he successfully opposed the southward extension to Drummore of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. He also served as Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland from 1869 to 1871.[4]

References

  1. "Person Page". The Peerage. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001). Burke's Landed Gentry the Kingdom in Scotland. Burke's Peerage and Gentry. ISBN 9780971196605.
  3. Death Certificate of Sir Hew, District of Canongate & Portobello, City of Edinburgh, 1945, p. 115, No. 343
  4. "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of John Hamilton Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  • Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1850. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1850
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Blair
Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire
1841–1856
Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Agnew, Bt
Academic offices
Preceded by
The Duke of Buccleuch
Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
1884–1904
Succeeded by
Sir William Thomson
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Galloway
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
1851–1903
Succeeded by
Sir Herbert Maxwell
Preceded by
The Marquess of Ailsa
Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire
1870–1897
Succeeded by
The Earl of Eglinton
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
North Hamilton Dalrymple
Earl of Stair
1864–1903
Succeeded by
John Hamilton-Dalrymple
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