James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone

Member of Parliament

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1805

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1886

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone

  • Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet (20 November 1805 – 26 December 1886) was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1857 and 1880. Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone was the son of Sir Robert Dalrymple-Home-Elphinstone, 1st Baronet and his wife Graeme Hepburn daughter of Colonel Hepburn, of Keith.
  • He was educated at the Musselburgh Grammar School.
  • He served as a naval officer for the Honourable East India Company for many years and retired as Commander in 1834.
  • In 1848, he inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father.
  • He was a J.P.
  • and Deputy Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire.Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Greenock in 1852.
  • He was elected Member of Parliament for Portsmouth in 1857 and held the seat until 1865 when he was defeated.
  • He stood unsuccessfully at Aberdeenshire in 1866.
  • At the 1868 general election he was re-elected for Portsmouth and held the seat until 1880.Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone died at the age of 81. Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone married Mary Heron Maxwell, daughter of Lieutenant-general Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet in April 1836.

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