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'''William Dalrymple''' (1678 – 30 November 1744) was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the [[Parliament of Scotland]] from 1702 to 1707 and in the [[British House of Commons]] between 1707 and 1741.
Dalrymple was baptized on 11 October 1678, the fifth but second surviving son of [[John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair]] and his wife Elizabeth Dundas daughter of Sir James Dundas of Newliston, Linlithgow. He married his cousin [[Penelope Crichton, 4th Countess of Dumfries|Penelope]], suo jure [[Countess of Dumfries]] daughter of Charles, Lord Crichton on 26 February 1698.<ref name="histparl-william-dalrymple-d1744" />
He represented [[Wigtown (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigtown Burghs]] 1722-1727 and [[Wigtownshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigtownshire]] 1727-1741.▼
Dalrymple was a [[Shire commissioner]] for [[Ayrshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)|Ayrshire]] in the [[Parliament of Scotland]] from 1702 to 1707.<ref name=Scots>{{Citation |editor-last=Foster |editor-first=Joseph |year=1882 |title= ''Members of Parliament, Scotland 1357-1882''|url= https://archive.org/stream/membersofparliam00fostuoft#page/93/mode/1up |publisher=Hazell, Watson and Viney | access-date = 21 June 2019}}</ref> He was a court representative there who made little contribution. He was appointed joint muster master general for Scotland in 1706. He followed the Court line faithfully over the Union, and was appointed a commissioner of the Equivalent in 1707 and as one of the [[Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain]] from 1707 to 1708. At the [[1708 British general election]] he was returned in a fierce contest as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Clackmannanshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackmannanshire]]. He was supported by Lord Mar, the principal magnate in the shire, who was said to have created some 'fictitious votes' for him. There was a petition but it was ignored. He was [[Sheriff of Clackmannan]] from 1708 to his death. In February 1709 Dalrymple was granted a vacant company in the [[Scots Guards|3rd Foot Guards (Scots Guards)]], at the request of his father. He probably did not go to Spain with his regiment, and so avoided its surrender at the [[Battle of Brihuega]]. He continued to support the Court in Parliament and presented documents from the Equivalent commissioners on 3 March 1709. In 1710 he voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. Clackmannanshire did not elect at the [[1710 British general election]] and Dalrymple was no longer on good terms with Mar by the time of the [[1713 British general election]].<ref name="histparl-william-dalrymple-d1744" />
At the [[1722 British general election]] Dalrymple was returned as MP for [[Wigtown (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigtown Burghs]] on his family's interest. He continued to support the Administration. At the [[1727 British general election]] he was returned as MP for both Wigtown Boroughs and for [[Wigtownshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Wigtownshire]] and chose to sit for Wigtownshire. He went into opposition in 1733 with his brother, the 2nd Earl of Stair, and stayed there. He was returned again at the [[1734 British general election]].<ref name = HOP2>{{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/dalrymple-hon-william-1678-1744 | title= DALRYMPLE, Hon. William (1678-1744), of Glenmuir, Ayr.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)| access-date = 7 June 2019 }}</ref>
Dalrymple died on 30 November 1744. He had six sons and two daughters. His eldest surviving son, [[William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries|William]], had succeeded to his mother's title as Earl of Dumfries. His second son, [[James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair|James]], inherited the earldom of Stair in 1747, which on his death in 1760 also passed to William.<ref name="histparl-william-dalrymple-d1744" />
== References ==
{{reflist
| refs =
<ref name="histparl-william-dalrymple-d1744">{{cite web
| first = R. S.
| last = Lea
| title = DALRYMPLE, Hon. William (1678-1744), of Glenmuir, Ayr
| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/dalrymple-hon-william-1678-1744
| work = The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754
| editor = R. Sedgwick
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
| access-date = 24 June 2014
| year = 1970
}}</ref>
}} <!-- end of refs -->
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