Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, KT, PC (20 July 1673 – 9 May 1747) was a Scottish soldier and diplomat. He served in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession and, after a period as British Ambassador in Paris, became a military commander at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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20 July 1673 Edinburgh, United States
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Died |
9 May 1747 (aged 73) Edinburgh, United States
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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