Letter: 1873 Sept. 5, Murrayshall, Perth, to David Laing / J. Murray Graham. 1873.

Stair, James Dalrymple, Viscount of, 1619-1695

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James Dalrymple was born in May 1619 at Drummurchie, in Carrick. He was the son of the Laird of Stair. Dalrymple was educated at Mauchline in Ayrshire, and then he studied at Glasgow University, graduating in 1637. He then intended to study law at Edinburgh University but the civil war interrupted this. He served as a troop commander and remained in the army until 1641. He became a Regent at Glasgow University, teaching logic, morals, politics and mathematics. He remained there until 1647 when h...

Graham, John Murray, 1809-1881.

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Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1648-1707

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Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747

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John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair shot his elder brother to death by accident at the age of eight and was banished by his parents to Holland, where he fought under William III at Steenkirk (1692). He was aide-de-camp to Marlborough in 1703, made Colonel of the Scots Guard in 1706, secretly married the Viscountess Primrose in 1708, and returned to Edinburgh to work for the Hanoverian succession. Ambassador to Paris under George I, in 1720 he returned to Scotland, devoted himself to agricultural i...