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{{Short description|British historian (born 1997)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Dalrymple
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1997|2}}<ref name="coinfo"/>
| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]
| occupation = [[Historian]], author, film-maker, peace activist, social media influencer
| notable_works = Shattered Lands
| movement = [[Project Dastaan]]
| father = [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]]
| mother = [[Olivia Fraser (artist)|Olivia Fraser]]
}}
'''Samuel Hew Tantallon Dalrymple''' (born February 1997)<ref name="coinfo">{{cite web|title=Company information |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/E3lGvwWdWLROt7i7a1z-P5eY0AY/appointments |website=gov.uk |publisher=HM Government |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="DBP">{{cite book |year=2019|chapter=Hamilton-Dalrymple (NS) 1698, of North Berwick, Haddingtonshire |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|volume=2 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |pages=4325–4327|isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}</ref> is a Scottish historian, author, film-maker, activist, and [[influencer|social media influencer]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Habib |first=Waquar |date=2023-08-30 |title=Samuel Dalrymple On Showcasing The Partition With Sensitivity |url=https://www.outlooktraveller.com/editors-picks/celebrating-people/samuel-dalrymple-on-showcasing-the-partition-with-sensitivity |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Outlook Traveller |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nanisetti |first=Serish |date=2023-01-28 |title=How young Instagrammers in India are using social media to give history context |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/instagram-india-history-sam-dalrymple-sruthin-lal-aniruddh-kanisetti-sameera-kazmi-eshan-sharma-eric-chopra-young-historians-reels-visual-storytelling/article66431103.ece |access-date=2023-09-24 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Dalrymple was born to public historian [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]] and artist [[Olivia Fraser (artist)|Olivia Fraser]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-20 |title=FarmHouses in Delhi - William Dalrymple Opens the doors to his Delhi Farmhouse {{!}} AD India |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/writer-in-residence-william-dalyrimple-opens-the-doors-to-his-delhi-farmhouse/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Architectural Digest India |language=en-IN}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was [[Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet]] of [[North Berwick]],<ref name="DBP"/> and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of [[Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary: Anne-Louise Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lord Lieutenant's wife who was patron and supporter of many charities |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-anne-louise-mary-hamilton-dalrymple-lord-lieutenants-wife-who-was-patron-and-supporter-of-many-charities-1458421 |website=The Scotsman}}</ref> His father is a great nephew of [[Virginia Woolf]] and a cousin of writer [[Alice Albinia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-10-22 |title=Kolkata, my ancestors, and me |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37687562 |access-date=2023-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Maclean |first=Rory |date=2008-12-04 |title=Travel books of the year |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/dec/04/travel-christmas-books-gifts |access-date=2023-09-24 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Dalrymple graduated as a [[Sanskrit]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] scholar from the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dalrymple |first=Sam |date=2018-06-08 |title=Opinion {{!}} Couchsurfing With the Taliban |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/opinion/couchsurfing-with-the-taliban.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Career==
Dalrymple along with [[Sparsh Ahuja]] and [[Saadia Gardezi]] founded [[Project Dastaan]], a peace-building initiative that reconnects refugees displaced by the [[partition of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gangopadhyay |first=Uttara |title=Border Crossings: Reuniting 1947 Partition Migrants With Their Homelands |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/travel/border-crossings-reuniting-1947-partition-migrants-with-their-homelands-news-216337 |website=Outlook India}}</ref>

Dalrymple's first film, ''Child of Empire'', was a VR docudrama detailing the horrors of forced migration and premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in 2022.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Arman |date=2022-01-28 |title=Flashback 75: Partition in virtual reality in ‘Child of Empire’ |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/flashback-75-child-of-empire-partition-in-virtual-reality-sparsh-ahuja-erfan-saadati-project-dastaan/article38339559.ece |access-date=2023-09-24 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> His animated anthology "Lost Migrations" was a sell-out at the [[British Film Institute]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nainar |first=Nahla |date=2022-08-13 |title=‘Lost Migrations’: Using animation to find a place called home |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/lost-migrations-partition-india-pakistan-bangladesh-east-pakistan-project-dastaan-oxford-university-animation-film-bengaluru-lahore-puffball-spitting-image-nahla-nainar-film-review-independence-day-au/article65750262.ece |access-date=2023-09-24 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Dalrymple's book, ''Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia'', was published in 2025 by [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia |url=https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/shattered-lands-five-partitions-and-the-making-of-modern-asia-sam-dalrymple?variant=54864084763003 |access-date=20 March 2025 |website=HarperCollins}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-30 |title=How William Dalrymple’s son, Sam Dalrymple, is changing the way you look at history with his new book |url=https://www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-day/article/how-william-dalrymples-son-sam-dalrymple-is-changing-the-way-you-look-at-history-with-his-new-book-23509458 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Mid-day |language=en}}</ref> It has been received positively.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanzagiri |first=Nishad |date=2025-07-01 |title=Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/01/shattered-lands-by-sam-dalrymple-review-the-many-partitions-of-southern-asia |access-date=2025-07-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-25 |title=Retracing the map {{!}} Sam Dalrymple’s 'Shattered Lands' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20250804-retracing-the-map-sam-dalrymples-shattered-lands-2761354-2025-07-25 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

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