• Source: North Dalrymple-Hamilton
    • Captain North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany (17 February 1922 – 8 July 2014) was a Royal Navy officer of World War II who, as gun director of the battleship HMS King George V, witnessed the sinking of the Bismarck. His father, Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, was the commander of the battleship HMS Rodney nearby.
      He was later executive officer of the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia from 1958 to 1960.
      He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire in 1973.


      Marriage and family


      On 23 July 1949, Dalrymple-Hamilton married the Hon. Mary Helen Colville, daughter of Baron Clydesmuir. The couple had two sons:

      (North) John Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton OBE b. 7 May 1950
      James Hew Ronald Dalrymple-Hamilton b. 4 Dec 1955.
      Their older son John was a page of honour to the Queen Mother and to Queen Elizabeth II. He later followed his father in serving as Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.


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