NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Dalrymple, Sir John Hamilton Macgill (1771-1853) 8th Earl of Stair, General DNB: Dalrymple, John Hamilton Macgill, eighth earl of Stair (1771-1853), army officer LBT ID: LdStair8 | B/BAP: 1771-06-15 DIED: 1853-01-10 |
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
The son of Sir John Dalrymple of Cousland, whom he succeeded as baronet in 1810; after
service in the army he was a Whig politician and MP for Midlothian (1832-35). He succeeded
to the earldom in 1840. | |