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[[File:James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Vanity Fair, 1878-07-06.jpg|thumb|"The Admiral". Caricature by [[Leslie Ward|Spy]] published in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine 1868-1914)|Vanity Fair]] in 1878]]<br />
'''Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet ''' (20 November 1805 – 26 December 1886) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in two periods between 1857 and 1880.<br />
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Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone was the son of Sir Robert Dalrymple-Home-Elphinstone, 1st <br />
Baronet and his wife Graeme Hepburn daughter of Colonel Hepburn, of Keith. He was educated at the Musselburgh Grammar School. He served as a naval officer for the [[Honourable East India Company]] for many years and retired as Commander in 1834. In 1848, he inherited the [[Elphinstone-Dalrymple baronets|baronetcy]] on the death of his father. He was a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Aberdeenshire.<ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1870londuoft#page/94/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870]</ref><br />
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Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone stood for parliament unsuccessfully at [[Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenock]] in 1852. He was elected Member of Parliament for [[Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth]] in 1857 and held the seat until 1865 when he was defeated. He stood unsuccessfully at [[Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeenshire]] in 1866. At the [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868 general election]] he was re-elected for Portsmouth and held the seat until 1880.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|p|2|date=March 2012}}</ref><br />
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He died in 1886 at the age of 81.<br />
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==Family==<br />
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Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone married Mary Heron Maxwell, daughter of Lieutenant-general [[Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet]], in April 1836.<ref name=Debrett/><br />
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His younger brother Charles Elphinstone-Dalrymple (sic) FSA(Scot) (1817-1891) was a noted antiquarian, geneaologist and expert on [[topography]]. He was a member of the [[Spalding Club]].<ref>Epitaphs and Inscriptions of Aberdeenshire p.15</ref><br />
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