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John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair

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Name
  
John 11th

Died
  
December 2, 1914


Coronation date
  
1903

Deposed date
  
1914

John Hew North Gustav Henry Hamilton-Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (12 June 1848 – 2 December 1914), known as Viscount Dalrymple 1864-1903, was a British army officer and nobleman.

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Family

Hamilton-Dalrymple was the son of John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair and his wife, Louisa Jane Henrietta Emily de Franquetot. He married Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie, daughter of Sir James Grant-Suttie, 6th Bt. and Lady Susan Harriet Innes-Ker, on 10 April 1878; they were divorced in 1905. There were two children of the marriage:

  • Lady Beatrice Susan Dalrymple (died 10 May 1962) married 1905 (divorced 1922) Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue
  • John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair (b. 1 February 1879 - d. 4 November 1961)
  • Military career

    Lord Stair was a captain of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry, and was promoted to major on 4 March 1902. He was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 August 1902.

    Death

    Lord Stair died on 2 December 1914, aged 66.

    References

    John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair Wikipedia