Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet,
Life
Born Charles Fergusson, he was the second surviving son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, and grandson of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet, and his wife Jean, daughter of David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, was his elder brother. On the death of his father in 1849 he assumed the surname of Dalrymple in lieu of Fergusson. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] graduating with third-class honours in classics.[2] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1865. In 1849 he assumed the surname Dalrymple in lieu of his patronymic in accordance with the will of his great-grandfather David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes
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He entered Parliament for
From 1894 to 1896 he was Grand Master of the Freemasons in Scotland.[3]
Dalrymple died on 20 June 1916, aged 76. He is buried in Inveresk churchyard. The grave lies in the north-west corner of the first Victorian cemetery extension, west of the main churchyard.
Family
He was married to Alice Mary Hunter Blair (1850–1889) daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet.[4] They had three children, Christian Elizabeth Louisa (later Dumaresq) (1875–1932), David Charles Herbert, (1879–1932) and Alice Mary (1884–1959).
Their son, Lt Cmdr David Charles Herbert Dalrymple (1879–1932), inherited the estates when he became 2nd baronet.[5]
References
- ^ "Dalrymple, Charles (DLRL857C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons 1870
- ^ Freemasons Hall, Edinburgh, busts of former Grand Masters
- ^ Grave of Sir Charles Dalrymple, Inveresk
- ^ "Lt-Cdr Sir David Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet, RN". Geni. Retrieved 1 January 2019.