Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of High Mark

General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (3 December 1750 – 9 April 1830) was a British Army officer who served as the acting governor of Gibraltar from 1806 to 1808.

Early life Dalrymple was the only son of Captain John Dalrymple, of the 6th Dragoons and his second wife, Mary, née Ross (c.1719–1793).

Military career Dalrymple was commissioned as an ensign into the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1763, was promoted lieutenant in 1766 and captain in 1768. He took time out from the Army to study at the University of Edinburgh from 1767 to 1768. was denounced both in London and in Portugal. He also stated that "Sir Hew, having never had the experience of command, seems quite at a loss how to work with the different heads of department; the troops suffer".

Made Colonel of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment in 1811, he was promoted General on 1 January 1812 through seniority. He was also made Governor of Blackness Castle in 1818. Dalrymple was played by John Woodvine, in the 1999 Hornblower episode, The Duchess and the Devil. Dalrymple features prominently as the governor of Gibraltar and commander in Portugal in books 20 and 21 of Dewey Lambdin's Alan Lewrie series of Naval fiction.

Family In 1783 he married Frances, daughter of General Francis Leighton, and together they had three daughters and two sons.