Dalrymple (name)

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 (earls of Stair since 1703). 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.

Dalrymple Baronets

Baronets, of Stair (1664)

• James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (1619–1695), created Viscount of Stair in 1690
• John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair (1648–1707), initially 2nd Viscount of Stair, made 1st Earl of Stair in 1703

Earls of Stair (1703)

• John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair (1648–1707), initially 2nd Viscount of Stair, made Earl of Stair in 1703
• John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1679–1747)
• James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair (d. 1760)
• William Dalrymple-Crichton, 4th Earl of Stair (1699–1769)
• John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair (1720–1789)
• John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair (1749–1821)
• John Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair (1784–1840)
• John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair (1771–1853)
• North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair (1776–1864)
• John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair (1819–1903)
• John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (1848–1914)
• John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair (1879–1961)
• John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair (1906–1996)
• John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (b. 1961)

Baronets, of Bargeny (1697)

• Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, 1st Baronet (1653–1737)
• Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1712–1790)
• Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (1746–1800)
• Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet (1774–1834)
• Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet (1780–1835)
• Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 6th Baronet (1814–1887)
• Sir John Dalrymple, 7th Baronet (1824–1888)
• Sir Walter Hamilton-Dalrymple, 8th Baronet (1854–1920)
• Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Baronet (1888–1959)
• Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet (b. 1926)

Baronets, of Cranstoun (1698)

• Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1650–1719)
• Sir John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1682–1743)
• Sir William Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (1704–1771)
• Sir John Dalrymple Hamilton, 4th Baronet (1726–1810)
• John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair (1771–1853), succeeded as 8th Earl of Stair in 1840

Baronets, of Hailes, Midlothian (1701)

• Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1665–1721)
• Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1692–1751)
• David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet (1726–1792)
• Sir James Dalrymple, 4th Baronet (d. 1800)
• Sir John Dalrymple, 5th Baronet (d. 1829)

Baronets, of High Mark (1815)

• Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1750–1830)
• Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1784–1866)

Baronets, of New Hailes (1887)

• Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1839–1916)
• Sir David Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1879–1932)
• Sir Charles Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet (1915–1971)

Surname

• Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939, American baseball player
• Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808), Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty
• Brian E. Dalrymple, Ontarian fingerprint scientist
• Clay Dalrymple (born 1936), American baseball player
• Farel Dalrymple, American artist and alternative comics creator
• Frederick Dalrymple (1907-1988), birth name of Frederick Dalberg, English born South African opera singer
• Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton (1890-1974), British naval officer
• George Elphinstone Dalrymple (born 1826), Australian explorer, public servant and politician
• G. Brent Dalrymple, American geologist
• Ian Dalrymple (1903-1989), British screenwriter, film director and producer
• Jack Dalrymple
  • Jack Dalrymple (musician), member of musical band $wingin' Utter$
  • Jack Dalrymple, 32nd Governor of North Dakota and businessman
• Jamie Dalrymple (born 1981), English cricketer
• Jerry Dalrymple, (born 1907), All-American Football Player, Tulane University
• John Dalrymple
  • John Dalrymple (died 1742) (1699–1742), Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs, 1728-1734
  • John Dalrymple (physician), English ophthalmologist, (1803-1852)
  • John Dalrymple (political writer) (1734–1779)
  • Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay (1821–1912), 3rd Baronet, was a Scottish Admiral and politician
• Learmonth White Dalrymple (c.1827–1906), New Zealand educationalist
• Leona Dalrymple (born 1884), American author
• Robert Dalrymple (1880–1970), Scottish footballer
• Timothy Dalrymple, associate director of content at Patheos.com, a religious website
• Louis Dalrymple (1866-1905), American caricaturist
• William Dalrymple
  • William Dalrymple (historian) (born 1965), Scottish historian and writer
  • William Dalrymple (1678–1744), Scottish MP in the British Parliament
  • William Dalrymple (British Army officer) (1736-1807), Scottish soldier and MP in the British Parliament

Pseudonym

• Theodore Dalrymple, pen name of Anthony Daniels

Fictional characters

• Charlie Dalrymple, fictional character in Brigadoon, a musical written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
• Lady Dalrymple, a viscountess in Persuasion, a novel by Jane Austen
• Russell Dalrymple, portrayed by Bob Balaban, the fictional head of NBC in the sitcom Seinfeld

Given name

• Dalrymple Maitland (1848–1919), Isle of Man politician
• William Dalrymple Maclagan (1826–1910), Archbishop of York from 1891 to 1908
• Hew Dalrymple Ross (1779–1868), British soldier
• James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, University of London law academic