John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair

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British Army general Earl in the Peerage of Scotland Scottish soldier diplomat human statesman

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Label	Occurrences
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair canonical	2
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army general ⓘ Earl in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ Scottish soldier ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace	Stair, Ayrshire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1673-07-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1747-05-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Glasgow ⓘ University of Leiden ⓘ
employer	British Crown ⓘ
father	John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix	PC ⓘ
knownFor	diplomatic service as ambassador to France under George I ⓘ service as senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ surface form: British House of Lords Parliament of Scotland ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal ⓘ
monarchServed	George I of Great Britain ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth Dundas ⓘ
nobleTitle	Earl of Stair ⓘ Viscount Dalrymple ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Blenheim ⓘ Battle of Dettingen ⓘ Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ Battle of Oudenarde ⓘ Battle of Ramillies ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
notableWork	command in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ negotiation of the Triple Alliance (1717) ⓘ role in the Anglo-French alliance during the War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Queensberry House, Edinburgh ⓘ
positionHeld	British ambassador to France ⓘ Commander-in-Chief, Scotland ⓘ Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal (Great Britain)
spouse	Eleanor Campbell ⓘ

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Battle of Dettingen → alliedCommander → John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair ⓘ

Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge → hasNotableHolder → John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair ⓘ

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair → father → John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair