Dalrymple, Earl of Stair

Bro. Hugh Crawford McDougall Hamilton was initiated in Lodge Langside No. 955 on 22nd March 1915 along with his elder brother James. Hugh, aged 27 gave his occupation as a Grocer living at 98 Smith Street in Govanhill. In 955 Minutes dated 23rd April,1917 a letter from Bro. Hugh Hamilton I.G. intimating his resignation owing to his being called to the Colours with the A&SH was read when it was agreed not to accept the resignation. Bro. James Thomson was appointed to act Pro Temp. Sadly on 8th July, 1918 the master Bro Sim expressed regret at the loss to the Lodge of Bro. Hugh Hamilton, a Past Inner Guard, who was killed in action in France on 11th May 1918 and was buried in St. Venal Communal Cemetery in France.

Dalrymple, Grand Master Mason

John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair was Grand Master Mason in 1924—26. He was the son ofJohn Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair, Dalrymple was commissioned asecond lieutenantin the Scots Guards on 16 February 1898, and promoted to lieutenant on 11 October 1899. He fought in the Second Boer War, where he took part in the march to occupy the Boer capitals Bloemfontein and Pretoria, and was present at the successive Battles of Diamond HillandBergendal(1900).

Following the end of hostilities in early June 1902, he left Cape Town on board the SS Orotava,and arrived atSouthamptonthe next month. He later fought in theFirst World War. He was captured by the Germans during theGreat Retreatin 1914 and remained a prisoner until 1917 when he was repatriated for medical reasons, due to degradation in his eyesight.[3] He was awarded theDistinguished Service Orderin 1919, and retired the same year at the rank ofLieutenant Colonel(shown above2nd left).

Lord Dalrymple sat as Member of ParliamentforWigtownshirefrom 1906 to 1914, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. Lord Stair was later Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of theChurch of Scotlandin 1927 and 1928.