Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet, (9 April 1926 – 26 December 2018) was a British soldier and

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Career

Hamilton-Dalrymple was educated at

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and joined the

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in 1944 at the age of 18. His last post was

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of the Grenadier Guards before he retired from the army in 1962, with the rank of

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. Subsequently he was Adjutant, later president of the Council, and finally Captain-General of the

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(the Queen's ceremonial bodyguard for Scotland) and Gold Stick for

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1996–2004. He was

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East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the his ...

1987–2001. Hamilton-Dalrymple was a landowner whose property included the

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island bird sanctuary (off

) which has been in his family since 1706. He was vice-chairman of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries 1983–86 and chairman of Scottish American Investment Company 1985–91.

Marriage and family

In 1954, he married Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel (1932–2017), daughter of the 9th Earl of Albemarle. They had four sons, including the writer, historian, critic and broadcaster William Dalrymple, and the cricketer John Dalrymple.

References

Sources

DALRYMPLE, Sir Hew (Fleetwood) Hamilton-
''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2013

External links

* 1926 births 2018 deaths People educated at Ampleforth College Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Grenadier Guards officers Members of the Royal Company of Archers Lord-Lieutenants of East Lothian Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Scottish justices of the peace British Army personnel of World War II {{British-Army-bio-stub