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Earl of John Dalrymple Stair

1720–1789

A Scottish soldier and politician, he spent much of his career balancing military service, legal training, and public life. He is remembered as the 5th Earl of Stair, part of a prominent Scottish family with a long political and military history.

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The Proper Limits of the Government's Interference with the Affairs of the East-India Company Attempted to be Assigned with some few Reflections Extorted by, and on, the Distracted State of the Times

The Proper Limits of the Government's Interference with the Affairs of the East-India Company Attempted to be Assigned with some few Reflections Extorted by, and on, the Distracted State of the Times

by Earl of John Dalrymple Stair

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John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair (1720–1789), was a Scottish soldier and politician. Sources agree that he was the eldest son of George Dalrymple of Dalmahoy and that he later inherited the earldom of Stair, a title tied to one of Scotland’s notable noble families.

He trained in law and was admitted to the Scottish bar, but his career was not limited to the courtroom. Accounts describe him as serving as a soldier as well as taking part in politics, giving him a public life that crossed several fields rather than fitting neatly into just one.

He succeeded as 5th Earl of Stair in the eighteenth century and held the title until his death in 1789. Although not as widely known today as some other members of the Dalrymple family, he stands out as a representative figure of Scottish aristocratic life in that period, with duties and influence shaped by both service and inheritance.