Dalyell Baronets
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The Dalyell Baronetcy is a baronet
cy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, which was created 7 November 1685 for the Scottish
General, Thomas Dalyell of the Binns
. The succession of the title is interesting in that it was created with remainder to his eldest son and heirs male, yet failing that, could pass to tailzie
succeeding him in the estate of The Binns. The former politician Tam Dalyell is the current baronet however the actual heir male is William Anstruther Dalyell of St Ives in Sydney, Australia.
The heir apparent is Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, Esq. (b. 1965)
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
cy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, which was created 7 November 1685 for the Scottish
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
General, Thomas Dalyell of the Binns
Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st Baronet was the son of General Tam Dalyell of the Binns....
. The succession of the title is interesting in that it was created with remainder to his eldest son and heirs male, yet failing that, could pass to tailzie
Tailzie
-Definition:Tailzie : The feudal concept of the inheritance of immovable property according to an arbitrary course that has been laid out, such as in a document known as a "deed of tailzie"....
succeeding him in the estate of The Binns. The former politician Tam Dalyell is the current baronet however the actual heir male is William Anstruther Dalyell of St Ives in Sydney, Australia.
Dalyell of the Binns, Linlithgow (1685)
- Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st Baronet was the son of General Tam Dalyell of the Binns....
(d. c. 1700) - Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 2nd Baronet (d. 1719), dormant.
- Sir James Dalyell of the Binns, 3rd Baronet (c. 1690-1747), claimed between 1723 and 1728.
- Sir Robert Dalyell of the Binns, 4th Baronet (d. 1791)
- Sir James Dalyell of the Binns, 5th Baronet (1774–1841)
- Sir John Graham Dalyell of the Binns, 6th Baronet (c. 1775-1851)
- Sir William Cunningham Dalyell of the Binns, 7th Baronet (1787–1865)
- Sir Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell of the Binns, 8th BaronetSir Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell of the Binns, 8th BaronetSir Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell of the Binns, 8th Baronet was a British diplomat, and one of the Dalyell Baronets. In some sources, his middle name is spelled Osborn....
(1821–1886), dormant.- His sister, Elizabeth Grace Cornwall-Dalyell, (d. 1913) inherited the Binns, but not the baronetcy.
- Sir James Bruce Wilkie-Dalyell of the Binns, 9th Baronet (1867–1935), cousin of the above, as son of Harriet Wilkie, née Dalyell, aunt; claimed 1914, dormant.
- Dame Eleanor Isabel "Nora" Dalyell, de jure 10th Baronetess (1895–1972), daughter of preceding.
- Sir Thomas "Tam" Dalyell of the Binns, 11th BaronetTam DalyellSir Thomas Dalyell Loch, 11th Baronet , known as Tam Dalyell, is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005, first for West Lothian and then for Linlithgow.-Early life:...
(b. 1932), claimed 1973, son of preceding.
The heir apparent is Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, Esq. (b. 1965)