Dalrymple, Eleanor

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Dates 1700s
Location London, Bath
Vocation
Place of Birth Scottish
Marriage James Primrose (d.1706); John Dalrymple
Issue 3 sons, 1 daughter
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Countess of Stair. Travelled abroad to escape an abusive marriage. When Primrose died, Eleanor married John Dalrymple (to avoid disgrace). Resulted in a deep affection for him and Lady Eleanor became a prominent society figure in London, Bath and Edinburgh. By 1740s had returned to Scotland, where she died in 1759.