He was a Scottish soldier, Field Marshal, 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.
He was a Scottish soldier, Field Marshal, 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.
Inscription
IN THIS AISLE ARE INTERRED
THE REMAINS OF MARGARET
ROSS OF BALNIEL ,WIFE OF
JAMES, VISCOUNT STAIR, LORD
PRESIDENT OF THE SESSION
WHO DIED 1692. OF JOHN 2ND
EARL OF STAIR, K.T. AND P.C.
FIELD MARSHALL AND COMMANDER
IN CHIEF, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE,
POLAND AND THE STATES,
GENERAL OF HOLLAND, COLONEL
OF THE SCOTS GREY DRAGOONS,
VICE ADMIRAL OF SCOTLAND,
&c &c BORN 1673 /DIED 1747
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY OF DALRYMPLE OF STAIR
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