STAIR. 227 Bart. [S.] (d. 1771 aged 67), s. and h. of Sir John Dalrymplf., 2d Bart. [S.] [d. 24 May 1743), s. and h. of the Hon. Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Bart. [S.], so er. 28 April 1698, who was yr. hr. of John, the 1st Karl, being s. of the 1st Viscount Stair. He was b. 14 June 1771 in Edinburgh ; entered the army 1790, becoming finally, 1838, a General, and being Col. of the 46th foot in 1 S 13. He sue. his father as 5th Baronet [S.] 26 Feb. 1810 ; was M-P. (in the Whig interest) fur co. Edinburgh, 1833-34 ; and sue. to the peerage [S.] 20 March 1840 ;(») Keeper of the Great Seal [S.] 1840-41 and 1846-52; was er. 16 Aug. 1841 BARON OXENFOORD OF COUSLAND,( b ) co. Edinburgh [U.K.] with a spec. rem. of that dignity failing his issue male, to his br. North, in like maimer; K.T. 12 July 1847. He m. firstly, 23 June 1795 at Kenil- worth, co. Warwick, Harriet, 1st da. of the Rev. Robert Augustus Johnson', of Keiiilworth, by Anne Rebecca, sister of William (Craven), 6th Baron Craven of Hampsted Marshall. .She d. 16 Oct. 1823, and was bur. at Cranston, co. Midlothian. He m. secondly, 8 June 1825, at the house of her mother, Adamiua, 4th da. of Adam (Duncan), 1st Viscount Duncan op Camperdown, by Henrietta, da. of the Rt. Hon. Robert Dundas. He rf. s.p. 10 Jan. 1853 at Oxenfoord Castle, in his 82d year, ami was bar. at Cranston afsd. Will pr. March 1854. His widow d. at Oxenfoord Castle 1 Aug. 1857, aged 74, and was bur. at Cranston. Earldom [S ] IX. Viscountcy [S.] X. 1853. 9 ami 10. North (Hamilton-Palrtsiple), Earl of Stair, &c [§.], also Baron Oxenfoord of Cousi.and, br. and h. ; b. 1776 in Edinburgh. Some time Capt. 25th Light Dragoons ; sue. to the peerage [S. and U.K.] 10 Jan. 1853, his succession to the said Barony being under the spec. rem. in its creation in 1841. He tii. firstly, 27 May 1817, at Ulverston, co. Lane , Margaret, yst. da. of James Penny, of Arrad in that county. She d. 22 April 1828, and was bur. at Cranston afsd. He m. secondly, 23 March 1831, Martha Willett, 2d da. of Col. George Dalrymple, by Martha Willet, his wife, formerly Martha Willett Miller, spinster. He d. 9 Nov. 1864, at Oxenfoord Castle, in his SSIthyear, and was bur. at Cranston. His widow d. at Ellistoun, co. Roxburgh, 5 June 1S69. aged SO. Earldorr [S ] -v 10 ami 11. JonN (HASiiLTON-DALRYSirLE), X. Earl of Stair [1703], Viscount Stair [1690], Viscount v . ' 18G4 Dalrymple [1703], Loud Glenluce and Stranraer viscountcy [S.J • [iqoo], Lord Nkwliston, Glenluce and Stranraer XI. J [1 703 j in the peerage of Scotland, also Baron Oxenfoord of Cousland [1841; U.K.], also a Baronet [1664 and 1698]; [S.] : 1st s. and h. by first wife ; 4. 1 April 1S19 at Eskgrove, in Iuveresk ; ed. at Harrow; sometime an officer in the Scots Guards; MP. for Wigton 1841-56, and L.-Lieut. thereof 1851 ; styled Viscount Dalhymple from 1853 till he sue. to the peerage [S. and U.K.] as above, 9 Nov. 1864; K.T. 1865 ; an officer of the "Royal Company of Archers," i.e., the Queen's body guard [S.] ; L.-Commissioner to the Kirk of Scotland, 1869-71 ; l..-Lieut. of Ayrshire, 1870 ; Chancellor of Glasgow Univ., 1884 ; Chairman of the Bank of Scotland. He m. 9 Dec. 1846 at Bargany, Louisa Jane Henrietta Emily, 1st da. and coheir( c ) of Augustin Louis Joseph Casimir Gustave de Franquetot, Due de Coigny, in France, by Henrietta Dundas, da. and h. of Sir Hew Dalh fmple-Ha.milton, 4th Bart. [S.J of North Berwick. ( a ) His claim was decided in 1841 by the Lords alone, in conformity with the order of that house, 13 May 1822. See " Hiddcll," p. 917, for some comments on this proceeding, where it is remarked that, even had it not been for the Novodamus of 1707, the claimant would have been entitled to the Earldom (as well as the Viscountcy) under the oiig. grant thereof, which was to the heirs male of the body of the grantee's father. (*) See vol. iii, p. 267, note " a," sub " Enniskillen " as to the names of peerages [U.K.] selected by Scotch and Irish Peers. H The 2nd and yat. da. to. the 3d Earl Manvers.
