Donald Dalrymple

Donald Dalrymple (1814 - 19 September 1873) was an English surgeon and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1873.

Dalrymple was the son of William Dalrymple of Norwich, and his wife Marianne Bertram, daughter of Benjamin Bertram. He was educated at the Norwich Grammar School and became a doctor. He was a Licenciate of the Apothecaries' Co., a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians. He practiced as a surgeon for many years but retired before entering parliament. He was Sheriff of Norwich from 1860 to 1861 and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was a director of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co., and chairman of the Governors of King Edward VI. Schools. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was the author of On the Climate of Egypt.^[1]

At the 1868 general election Dalrymple was elected Member of Parliament for Bath. He held the seat until his death in 1873.^[2]

Dalrymple died at the age of 59.

References

1. ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Donald Dalrymple

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James McGarel-Hogg William Tite	Member of Parliament for Bath 1868 – 1873 With: William Tite to May 1873 Viscount Chelsea May–June 1873 Viscount Grey de Wilton from June 1873	Succeeded by Arthur Divett Hayter Viscount Grey de Wilton

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Name	Dalrymple, Donald
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Date of birth	1814
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Date of death	19 September 1873
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