John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, KCVO, MBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

, DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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(9 October 1906 - 26 February 1996), the son of John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair

John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair

John James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair, KT, DSO, DL was the son of the 11th Earl of Stair.He fought in the Boer War, and World War I, was captured by the Germans....

 and Violet Evelyn Harford

Violet Dalrymple, Countess of Stair

Violet Evelyn Dalrymple, Countess of Stair , a descendant of the 2nd Earl of Rosse, was the daughter of Colonel Frederick Henry Harford and Florence Helen Isabella Parsons Violet Evelyn Dalrymple, Countess of Stair (2 July 1883 – 22 February 1968), a descendant of the 2nd Earl of Rosse, was the...

. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire from 1961 to 1983.

Family

He married Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (born 2 May 1930), daughter of Hon. Sir David Bowes-Lyon and Rachel Pauline Clay, on 14 January 1960.

Death

The 13th Earl of Stair died on 26 February 1996, aged 89, and was succeeded by his eldest son, as the 14th Earl of Stair

John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair

John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair is a British politician who, since 2008, has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords.-Biography:...

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Children

• John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
  John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
  John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair is a British politician who, since 2008, has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords.-Biography:...
  
  (b. 4 September 1961)
• Hon. David Hew Dalrymple (b. 30 March 1963)
• Hon. Michael Colin Dalrymple (b. 1 April 1965)

Source

• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003).