re: HOUSE OF DALRYMPLE. The 2nd Earl of Stair was Colonel of the Inniskillin Dragoons 1714/15 and 1743-45. He was Colonel of the Scots Greys 1745-47. Lord Hew Dalrymple of Drummore b.1690 d.1755 was a nephew of the 1st Earl of Stair. Lord Drummore, a Law Lord, m. 1711 Ann Horn (Scots Peerage vol. 8, p.132) and apparently he had sasine in life-rent of Drummore 4 May 1753, after which Drummore went to the Earl of Stair. There are a couple of advertisements : "London Daily Advertiser" - January 23 1750, London, Middlesex. LONDON. The Hon. Captain Thomas Dalrymple, Son of the Lord Dromore, is appointed Major of the Regiment of Dragoons late Lord Rothes's. and "Gentleman's monthly Intelligencer ; volume 19. AD1750. p.45 Promotions Civil and Military. Hon. captain Thomas Dalrymple, made major of the reg. of dragoons, late Lord Rothes's. "Historical Records of the Family of Leslie" pp128-130 (extract) John, Earl of Rothes, entered the army and was captain of dragoons in 1715. He was made colonel of the 2nd troop of Horse Grenadier Guards 25th April 1745. He obtained command of the Scots Greys, 16th January 1750, (apparently about the same time as Thomas Dalrymple was made Major of the Dragoons). Earl of Rothes was appointed Governor of Duncannon fort, and a lieutenant-general on the Staff in Ireland in 1751. etc. Was the above advertisement in "London Daily Advertiser" correct in naming Thomas, a son of Lord Dromore, as the son of Lord Dromore, Thomas b.1721 appears to be the one who m.1755 in Dublin and was a Barrister there. Was he an Attorney for the Army ? Is there another Thomas Dalrymple ?