Earls of Stair (1703)
- John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair (1648–1707)
- John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1679–1747)
- James Dalrymple, 3rd Earl of Stair (died 1760)
- William Dalrymple-Crichton, 4th Earl of Stair (1699–1769)
- John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair (1720–1789)
- John Dalrymple, 6th Earl of Stair (1749–1821)
- John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair (1784–1840); most notable for having his 1808 marriage to Lady Laura Manners ended by divorce in 1809 annulled when a previous marriage contract in 1804 to another woman was revealed. That first marriage was annulled in 1820, but the Earl, who succeeded his cousin in 1821 never remarried. He was succeeded by a distant cousin.
- John Hamilton Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair (1771–1853)
- North Hamilton Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair (1776–1864)
- John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair (1819–1903)
- John Hew North Gustav Henry Hamilton-Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair (1848–1914)
- John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair (1879–1961)
- John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair (1906–1996)
- John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 1961)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, John James Thomas Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple (born 2008).
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