biography text
Dalrymple, like his father, to whose seat and office he succeeded, followed the head of their family, the Earl of Stair. After voting with the Government on the Hessians in 1730, he went into opposition with Stair, voting against the excise bill in 1733, and for the repeal of the Septennial Act in 1734. As a result he was opposed at the 1734 election, losing his seat but retaining his office.
He died 24 Feb. 1751.