General Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (3 February 1784 – 3 March 1866) was a British Army officer and politician.
In 1799 Sir Hew was Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey and he obtained a commission for Adolphus, than aged 15, in the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot that was stationed on the island.
[1][2] In the following year he was promoted to full lieutenant in the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot of which his father was colonel, and was appointed his aide de camp.
[1] He quickly obtained another staff appointment as aide de camp to Lieutenant-General Sir James Craig, commanding the Eastern District of England.
The signing of the convention by his father was seen as a major humiliation by the British public, and Adolphus's military career suffered.
[1] In 1812 Dalrymple married Anne, daughter of Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, of Kirkstall, member of parliament for Carlisle.