Sam Dalrymple (historian)

Sam Dalrymple
BornFebruary 1997 (age 29)[1]
EducationUniversity of Oxford
OccupationsHistorian, author, film-maker, peace activist, social media influencer
Notable workShattered Lands
MovementProject Dastaan
Parents

Samuel Hew Tantallon Dalrymple (born February 1997)[1][2] is a Scottish historian, author, film-maker, activist, and social media influencer.[3][4]

Early life and education

Dalrymple was born to public historian William Dalrymple and artist Olivia Fraser.[5] His paternal grandfather was Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet of North Berwick,[2] and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle.[6] His father is a great nephew of Virginia Woolf and a cousin of writer Alice Albinia.[7][8]

Dalrymple graduated as a Sanskrit and Persian scholar from the University of Oxford.[3][9]

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.[10]

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.[3][11] His animated anthology "Lost Migrations" was a sell-out at the British Film Institute.[3][12]

Dalrymple's book, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia, was published in 2025 by HarperCollins.[13][14] It has been received positively[15][16] and was a Best Book of the Year in the Financial Times,[17] NPR,[18] The Spectator,[19] The Week,[20] BBC History Magazine,[21] and History Today.[22] It was later longlisted for the 2026 Cundill History Prize[23] and shortlisted for the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing,[24] the Eastern Eye Award for History,[25] the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman,[26] and the Atta Galatta Book Prize 2025.[27]

Dalrymple also writes on art and architectural history, and received the "Champion of Travel Narrative" award from Travel + Leisure in 2024.[28] He served as a columnist at Architectural Digest India,[29] and publishes the history Substack Travels of Samwise.[30] In 2026, he guest-edited an issue of the art history journal MARG titled Beyond the Mughal Arch: Temples in Early Modern India, which examined temple construction and destruction within the Mughal Empire.[31][32]

References

  1. 1 2 "Company information". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Hamilton-Dalrymple (NS) 1698, of North Berwick, Haddingtonshire". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 4325–4327. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Habib, Waquar (2023-08-30). "Samuel Dalrymple On Showcasing The Partition With Sensitivity". Outlook Traveller. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (2023-01-28). "How young Instagrammers in India are using social media to give history context". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  5. ↑ "FarmHouses in Delhi - William Dalrymple Opens the doors to his Delhi Farmhouse | AD India". Architectural Digest India. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Obituary: Anne-Louise Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lord Lieutenant's wife who was patron and supporter of many charities". The Scotsman. 17 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kolkata, my ancestors, and me". BBC News. 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. ↑ Maclean, Rory (2008-12-04). "Travel books of the year". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  9. ↑ Dalrymple, Sam (2018-06-08). "Opinion | Couchsurfing With the Taliban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  10. ↑ Gangopadhyay, Uttara (14 August 2022). "Border Crossings: Reuniting 1947 Partition Migrants With Their Homelands". Outlook India.
  11. ↑ Khan, Arman (2022-01-28). "Flashback 75: Partition in virtual reality in 'Child of Empire'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  12. ↑ Nainar, Nahla (2022-08-13). "'Lost Migrations': Using animation to find a place called home". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  13. ↑ "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia". HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "How William Dalrymple's son, Sam Dalrymple, is changing the way you look at history with his new book". Mid-day. 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  15. ↑ Sanzagiri, Nishad (2025-07-01). "Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  16. ↑ "Retracing the map | Sam Dalrymple's 'Shattered Lands'". India Today. 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  17. ↑ Studemann, Frederick (20 November 2025). "Best books of 2025: History". FT.com. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  18. ↑ Gray, Melissa; Hadid, Diaa; Ermyas, Tinbete; Veltman, Chloe (2025-12-14). "Books We Love: NPR staff's top non-fiction picks of the year". NPR. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  19. ↑ "Books of the Year I – chosen by our regular reviewers". The Spectator. 2025-10-28. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  20. ↑ Redmayne, Isabella (2025-07-04). "The best history books to read in 2025". The Week. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  21. ↑ "Best 37 History Books 2025: BBC History Magazine's Books Of The Year". historyextra.com. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  22. ↑ "Books of the Year 2025: Part 2". History Today. 2025-12-02. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  23. ↑ "The 2026 Cundill History Prize Longlist". Cundill Prize. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  24. ↑ "Finalists". The Orwell Foundation. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  25. ↑ "Shattered Lands (Paperback) by Sam Dalrymple: new Paperback (2026) | CitiRetail". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  26. ↑ Staff, Scroll (2025-10-28). "Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2025 announces shortlists in fiction, nonfiction, debut categories". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  27. ↑ "Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival | Book Prize - Bangalore Literature Festival 2025". Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  28. ↑ "Meet Sam Dalrymple: TL Champion Of Travel Narrative At India's Best Awards 2024". Travel and Leisure Asia | India. 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  29. ↑ "Sam Dalrymple". Architectural Digest India. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  30. ↑ Dalrymple, Sam. "Travels of Samwise | Substack". travelsofsamwise.substack.com. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  31. ↑ "Marg". marg-art.org. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  32. ↑ Kanisetti, Anirudh (2026-05-07). "How pragmatic calculations shaped Mughal rule in medieval West Bengal and Tamil Nadu". ThePrint. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
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