Lord Stair, later 1st Viscount Stair James Dalrymple

1619 - 1695  (76 years)

• Name	James Dalrymple
  Title	Lord Stair, later 1st Viscount Stair
  Birth	May 1619	Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	17 Feb 1647/48	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty of Advocates
  Residence	1650	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Occupation	13 Feb 1660/61	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Judge - Senator of the Court of Justice, styled as Lord Stair, President of the Cout of Session
  Occupation	7 Jan 1670/71	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Lord President of the Court of Session, to 1681 when he was deprived
  Occupation	1681	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Author of the seminal, 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland'
  Residence	Oct 1682	Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  	In exile with members of his family, having refused the Test. To 1688
  Occupation	1 Nov 1689	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Judge - restored as President of the Court of Session
  Death	25 Nov 1695	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I45289	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ross,   b. Abt 1625, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1692 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1643  [1]
  Children	1. Sir John Dalrymple,   b. 1648, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 8 Jan 1706/07, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sir James Dalrymple,   b. 1650, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1719 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - May 1619 - Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty of Advocates - 17 Feb 1647/48 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - 1650 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Judge - Senator of the Court of Justice, styled as Lord Stair, President of the Cout of Session - 13 Feb 1660/61 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Lord President of the Court of Session, to 1681 when he was deprived - 7 Jan 1670/71 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Author of the seminal, 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland' - 1681 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - In exile with members of his family, having refused the Test. To 1688 - Oct 1682 - Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Occupation - Judge - restored as President of the Court of Session - 1 Nov 1689 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 25 Nov 1695 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3761] Grant, Francis J., The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943. p50