Kingsley Davis
Kingsley Davis (August 20, 1908 – February 27, 1997) was an internationally recognized American sociologist and demographer.
He was identified by the American Philosophical Society as one of the most outstanding social scientists of the twentieth century, and was a Hoover Institution senior research fellow.
Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet( 15 October 1839 – 20 June 1916), was a Scottish Conservative politician.
Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick
Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick( 1652–1737) was a Scottish judge and politician.
The third son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, he was Commissary of Edinburgh; Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for New Galloway burgh from 1690, and for North Berwick burgh from 1702.
His two elder brothers were John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair and Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Cranstoun and a younger brother was Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes.
Dalrymple was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1695.
He was created a baronet in the baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1698 and succeeded his father in the same year as Lord President of the Court of Session, taking the judicial title Lord North Berwick.
He held this post until his death.
He was a Commissioner for the articles of union between England and Scotland in 1702 and 1703.
He planted the Act of Union Beech trees to commemorate the event and six of these survive to this day( 2009).
In 1699 Dalrymple bought the barony and Castle of Tantallon from James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas, but allowed the castle to fall into further ruin.
He married twice, to Marion Hamilton and Elizabeth Dundas and had a large family.
His second son Sir Hew Dalrymple( 1690- 1755) became a Lord of Session as Lord Drummore.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Castleton, his eldest son Sir Robert Dalrymple having predeceased him in 1734.
Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (1650 – May 1719) was a Scottish writer who served as the Principal Clerk of Session.
He was the son of the jurist James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair (1619–1695).
He is known as contributing to the debate over the Union between England and Scotland with his "Collections Concerning the Scottish History" (1705)
David Dalrymple, Lord Westhall
The Hon David Dalrymple, Lord Westhall( 1719–1784) was an 18th- century Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes
Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 3rd Baronet of Hailes( 28 October 172629 November 1792) was a Scottish advocate, judge and historian, born in Edinburgh.
Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Baronet( 13 October 1686 – 30 September 1745) of Newbyth, Haddington was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.
Baird was the eldest son of Sir William Baird who was the 2nd Baronet of the first baronetcy created for his father in 1660 and 1st Baronet of the second baronetcy created for himself in 1680.
His mother was Helen Gilmour, daughter of Sir John Gilmour.
He was educated at the University of Glasgow in 1702 and was awarded MA in 1706.
He married Janet Dalrymple, only daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes, Haddington.
Baird was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament( MP) for Edinburghshire at the 1715 general election.
He was appointed Commissioner of the equivalent in 1715 and held the post until 1719.
He lost his seat at Edinburghshire when defeated in a contest at the 1722 general election.
In 1737, he succeeded his father as baronet.
When his cousin Sir Charles Gilmour had to stand at a by-election for Edinburgh when appointed to office in 1744, Baird decided to oppose him, but was unsuccessful.
Baird died aged 58 without issue at Berwick- upon- Tweed on 30 September 1745.
With his death the baronetcy became extinct.
The heir of his estates was his cousin William, the father of Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet.
Baird's widow remarried James St Clair and died in 1766.
Sir David Carnegie, 1st Baronet
Sir David Carnegie of Pitcarrow, 1st Baronet( died November 1708) was a Scottish politician and baronet.
Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple
General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (3 December 1750 – 9 April 1830) was a Scottish general in the British Army and Governor of Gibraltar.
Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes( 1665 – 3 December 1721) was a Scottish advocate and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1721.
He served as Lord Advocate, and eventually Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland in 1720.
David Dalrymple was the fifth and youngest son of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair and his wife Margaret Ross, daughter of James Ross of Balneil, Wigtown.
He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and was awarded MA in 1681, and then studied at the University of Utrecht in 1682.
He was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates on 3 November 1688.
On 4 April 1691 he married Janet, daughter of Sir James Rocheid of Inverleith, the widow of Alexander Murray of Melgund.
Dalrymple was elected to represent Culross in 1698 in the Parliament of Scotland, as a member of the Stair – Queensberry alliance.
He was created baronet on 8 May 1701 and was also appointed joint solicitor- general for Scotland and auditor of treasury of Scotland in 1701.
He was a Commissioner for the union with England in 1702, and again in 1706 when he was one of the Commissioners who negotiated the Act of Union 1707.
In 1707 Dalrymple was one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain and at the 1708 British general election, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Haddington.
In 1709 he was promoted from solicitor- general to the post of Lord Advocate of Scotland.
Also in 1709, he bought Whitehills House, renaming it Newhailes after the Dalrymple's Castle Hailes.
He was returned again for Haddington at the 1710 British general election.
In 1711 he lost the post of Lord Advocate under the Tory administration.
In 1712, he was elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates which he held for the rest of his life.
He was returned again at the 1713 British general election and regained his post as Lord Advocate in 1714.
Dalrymple was returned as MP for Haddington at the 1715 British general election.
He was Commissioner of visitation for Glasgow University in 1717 and 1718, and for St Andrews University in 1718.
He was appointed auditor general of the Scottish Exchequer in 1720.
Dalrymple died on 3 December 1721.
By his wife he had three sons and a daughter:
Dalrymple was an enthusiastic bibliophile and added a remarkable Library Wing to Newhailes to accommodate his large book collection.
This extension to the building was completed in around 1722.

Question: Who lived longer, Kingsley Davis or Sir David Dalrymple, 1St Baronet?
Answer: Kingsley Davis