John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
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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 forced to resign in 1695 for his part in the Massacre of Glencoe. Restored to favour under Queen Anne in 1702 and made Earl of Stair in 1703, he was closely involved in negotiations over the 1707 Acts of Union that created the Kingdom of Great Britain but died on 8 January 1707, several months before the Act became law.
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
Stair House, birthplace of John Dalrymple
Memorial in Kirkliston Church
Kirkliston Parish Church, where Stair is buried
Secretary of State (Kingdom of Scotland)
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The Secretary of Scotland or Lord Secretary was a senior post in the government of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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