When the Second Boer War broke out in South Africa he went there with a battalion of his regiment in 1900, and took part in operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July–November 1900, including the battle of Belfast.
Following the end of hostilities, he left Cape Town in late June 1902 on board the SS City of Vienna,[1] arriving at Southampton the following month.
[citation needed] Dalrymple-White was also involved in politics and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southport from January 1910 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1931.
In 1926 he assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Dalrymple[3] and the same year he was created a baronet, of High Mark in the County of Wigtown.
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