North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire,[1] and the grandson of the 10th Earl of Stair.

[1] He became Commander of the 10th Cruiser Squadron and Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet in 1944[1] flying his flag in HMS Belfast in June 1944 during the D-Day landings at Normandy.

A few months later commanded the escorts of several Arctic convoys as well as the British forces involved in the inconclusive Action of 28 January 1945.

[citation needed] After the War he was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland and then, from 1948, Admiral at the British Joint Services Mission in Washington D. C.[1] Frederick Dalyrmple is descended from the 10th Earl of Stair.

North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, the Earl's second son and his mother was Marcia Liddell, daughter of The Hon.