John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair PC was a Scottish politician and lawyer. As Joint Secretary of State in Scotland 1691–1695, he played a key role in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1689 and was fo
Portrait of Stair by John Baptist Medina
Stair House, birthplace of John Dalrymple
Memorial in Kirkliston Church
Kirkliston Parish Church, where Stair is buried
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair was a Scottish lawyer and statesman, and a key influence on the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a leading figure of Scottish law, "and also one of the greatest think
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
…died on 8 January 1707, several months before the Act became law. John Dalrymple was born in 1648, at Stair House near Kyle, Ayrshire, eldest son of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair and Margaret Ross-Kennedy. His father James was a prominent lawyer and one of the few Scots involved in the 1650 Treaty of Breda who retained the favour…
Sir James Dalrymple of Stair, President of the Court of Session, Created 1st Viscount Stair
Statue of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
James Dalrymple
Memorial to Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, St Giles Cathedral