Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton

Dalrymple-Hamilton was the second son of Col Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire, and the grandson of the 10th Earl of Stair. Sir North Dalrymple-Hamilton was his elder brother. He joined the Royal Navy in 1905 and served in World War I. and while in command he took part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. He was appointed Admiral Commanding, Iceland in 1941 and Naval Secretary in 1942. He went on to be Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer, Central Mediterranean in April 1945. After the War he was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland and then, from 1948, Admiral at the British Joint Services Mission in Washington D. C. ==Family==

Frederick Dalyrmple is descended from the 10th Earl of Stair. His father was the Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, the Earl's second son and his mother was Marcia Liddell, daughter of The Hon. Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavious Liddell and Frederica Elizabeth Lane Fox. He married Gwendolen Peek in 1918. They had one son and two daughters. Their son Captain North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton (1922–2014) followed his father into the Royal Navy and became executive officer of the Royal Yacht Britannia. Lady Dalrymple-Hamilton died in 1974. ==References==