Dalrymple (name)
Dalrymple is a surname, originating with the toponym of Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Used as a surname denoting origin since the 16th century, it was carried by the viscounts of Stair, East Ayrshire in the 17th century.
It also occurs as a commoners' surname since at least the 18th century.
It has rarely been used as a given name since the later 18th century.
Dalrymple Baronets
Baronets, of Stair (1664)
- James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, created Viscount of Stair in 1690
- John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, initially 2nd Viscount of Stair, made 1st Earl of Stair in 1703
Earls of Stair (1703)
- John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, initially 2nd Viscount of Stair, made Earl of Stair in 1703
- John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
- James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair
- William Dalrymple-Crichton, 4th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair
- North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair
- John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
Baronets, of Bargeny (1697)
- Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, 1st Baronet
- Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
- Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet
- Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet
- Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet
- Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 6th Baronet
- Sir John Dalrymple, 7th Baronet
- Sir Walter Hamilton-Dalrymple, 8th Baronet
- Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Baronet
- Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet
Baronets, of Cranstoun (1698)
- Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- Sir John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
- Sir William Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet
- Sir John Dalrymple Hamilton, 4th Baronet
- John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair, succeeded as 8th Earl of Stair in 1840
Baronets, of Hailes, Midlothian (1701)
- Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
- David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet
- Sir James Dalrymple, 4th Baronet
- Sir John Pringle Dalrymple, 5th Baronet
Baronets, of High Mark (1815)
Baronets, of New Hailes (1887)
- Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- Sir David Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
- Sir Charles Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet
Surname
- Abner Dalrymple, American baseball player
- Alexander Dalrymple, Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty
- Brian E. Dalrymple, Canadian fingerprint scientist
- Bruce Dalrymple, American basketball player
- Campbell Dalrymple, British military officer and Governor of Guadeloupe
- Clay Dalrymple, American baseball player
- Farel Dalrymple, American artist and alternative comics creator
- Frederick Dalrymple, birth name of Frederick Dalberg, English born South African opera singer
- Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, British naval officer
- George Elphinstone Dalrymple, Australian explorer, public servant and politician
- G. Brent Dalrymple, American geologist
- Ian Dalrymple, British screenwriter, film director and producer
- Jack Dalrymple
- * Jack Dalrymple (musician), American member of musical band $wingin' Utter$
- * Jack Dalrymple, 32nd Governor of North Dakota and businessman
- Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
- Jerry Dalrymple,, All-American Football Player, Tulane University
- John Dalrymple
- * John Dalrymple (died 1742), Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs, 1728–1734
- * John Dalrymple (physician), English ophthalmologist
- * John Dalrymple (political writer)
- * Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet, was a Scottish Admiral and politician
- * John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple, British Army general
- Learmonth White Dalrymple, New Zealand educationalist
- Leona Dalrymple, American author
- Louis Dalrymple, American caricaturist
- Robert Dalrymple, Scottish footballer
- Sydney Dalrymple, Australian pilot
- William Dalrymple
- * William Dalrymple (historian), Scottish historian and writer
- * William Dalrymple (1678–1744), Scottish MP in the British Parliament
- * William Dalrymple (British Army officer), Scottish soldier and MP in the British Parliament
Pseudonym
- Theodore Dalrymple, pen name of Anthony Daniels
Fictional characters
- Charlie Dalrymple, a fictional character in Brigadoon, a musical written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
- Lady Dalrymple, a viscountess in Persuasion, a novel by Jane Austen
- Russell Dalrymple, portrayed by Bob Balaban, the fictional head of NBC in the sitcom Seinfeld
- The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple, an amateur detective in the book series by author Carola Dunn
- Burgundy Dalrymple, a fictional character in Skulduggery Pleasant, a book series by Derek Landy
- Larry Dalrymple, a fictional character in ''The Simpsons''
Given name
- Dalrymple Maitland, Isle of Man politician
- William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York from 1891 to 1908
- Hew Dalrymple Ross, British soldier
- James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, University of London law academic