Peerage Record – 2605

     John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair was the son of Hon. George Dalrymple and Eupheme Myrton.¹ He married Margaret Middleton, daughter of George Middleton.¹ He died on 13 October 1789.¹
     He styled himself as Earl of Stair from 1747 to 1748.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Lord Glenluce and Stranraer [S., 1690] on 27 July 1768.² He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Dalrymple, of Stair [N.S., 1664] on 27 July 1768.² He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Dalrymple [S., 1703] on 27 July 1768.² He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Stair [S., 1703] on 27 July 1768.² He succeeded as the 6th Viscount of Stair [S., 1690] on 27 July 1768.² He succeeded as the 5th Lord Newliston, Glenluce and Stranraer [S., 1703] on 27 July 1768.² He was appointed Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1771 and 1774.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of Nationary Biography.³
     

     Margaret Middleton is the daughter of George Middleton.¹ She married John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair, son of Hon. George Dalrymple and Eupheme Myrton.¹
     Her married name became Dalrymple.¹ After her marriage, Margaret Middleton was styled as Countess of Stair on 27 July 1768.

     George Middleton was a banker.¹ He lived at London, England^G.¹

     John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair was the son of John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair and Margaret Middleton.¹ He died on 1 June 1821, without issue.¹
     He held the office of Ambassador to Prussia.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Lord Glenluce and Stranraer [S., 1690] on 13 October 1789.² He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Dalrymple, of Stair [N.S., 1664] on 13 October 1789.² He succeeded as the 7th Viscount of Stair [S., 1690] on 13 October 1789.² He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Stair [S., 1703] on 13 October 1789.² He succeeded as the 6th Viscount Dalrymple [S., 1703] on 13 October 1789.² He succeeded as the 6th Lord Newliston, Glenluce and Stranraer [S., 1703] on 13 October 1789.² He was appointed Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1790 and 1807.¹ He was appointed Representative Peer [Scotland] from 1820 to 1821.¹

     General William Dalrymple was the son of Hon. George Dalrymple and Eupheme Myrton.¹ He married Marianne Dorothy Harland, daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Harland, 1st Bt., on 13 September 1783.¹ He died on 23 February 1807.¹
     He was Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital.¹

     Marianne Dorothy Harland was the daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Harland, 1st Bt.¹ She married General William Dalrymple, son of Hon. George Dalrymple and Eupheme Myrton, on 13 September 1783.¹ She died on 28 October 1785.¹
     Her married name became Dalrymple.

     Admiral Sir Robert Harland, 1st Bt. was born in 1715.¹ He was the son of Captain Robert Harland.³ He married Susanna Reynold, daughter of Colonel Rowland Reynold and Mary Ann Duncombe, on 12 October 1749 at St. George’s Chapel, Mayfair, London, England^G. He died on 21 February 1784 at Sproughton, Suffolk, England^G.¹
     He was created 1st Baronet Harland [Great Britain] on 19 March 1771.

     John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair was born on 16 November 1784.¹ He was the son of General William Dalrymple and Marianne Dorothy Harland.¹ He married, firstly, Johanna Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon of Cluny, on 28 May 1804.¹ He married, secondly, Lady Laura Manners, daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache, Countess of Dysart, on 2 June 1808.^2,1 He and Johanna Gordon were divorced in 1809.¹ He and Lady Laura Manners were divorced on 16 July 1811.² He died on 22 March 1840 at age 55 at Paris, France^G.¹
     His marriage to Johanna Gordon was annulled in June 1820.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Lord Newliston, Glenluce and Stranraer [S., 1703] on 1 June 1821.² He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Dalrymple [S., 1703] on 1 June 1821.² He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Stair [S., 1703] on 1 June 1821.² He succeeded as the 8th Viscount of Stair [S., 1690] on 1 June 1821.² He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Dalrymple, of Stair [N.S., 1664] on 1 June 1821.² He succeeded as the 8th Lord Glenluce and Stranraer [S., 1690] on 1 June 1821.²

     Johanna Gordon was the daughter of Charles Gordon of Cluny.¹ She married John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair, son of General William Dalrymple and Marianne Dorothy Harland, on 28 May 1804.¹ She and John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair were divorced in 1809.¹
     Her married name became Dalrymple. Her marriage to John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair was annulled in June 1820.¹

     Charles Gordon of Cluny lived at Clunie, Scotland^G.¹