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COL Robert Alexander George Dalzell

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COL Robert Alexander George Dalzell

Birth
Dalziel, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death
19 Oct 1878 (aged 62)
Torquay, Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Burial
Torquay, Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England Add to Map
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Colonel the Honourable Robert Alexander George Dalzell, CB, Knight of the Order of the Medjidie (19 August 1816 - 19 October 1878) was a British aristocrat and soldier.

Dalzell was the youngest son of Lieutenant-General Robert Alexander Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath, (1762 - 1839) & Andulusia Browne (1772 - 1833) He had 3 older brothers who each survived their father to be successively Earls of Carnwath.

On 27 August 1846 he married Sarah Bushby Harris, daughter of Captain John Harris, RN, of Eldon House, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
°Amelia Andalusia Dalzell (d. 15 August 1850)
°Robert Harris Carnwath Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath (1 July 1847 - 8 March 1910) #73615724
°Lady Mary Isabella Dalzell (1850 - 5 February 1936)
°Arthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath (25 December 1851 - 9 March 1941)
°Lady Charlotte Emma Maud Dalzell (b.1859), married 25 February 1882, Colonel Sir Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall.
d. 19 October 1878 aged 62. If he had survived his elder brother, Harry Dalzell, 10th Earl of Carnwath, he would have himself succeeded as Earl of Carnwath, the title instead passing to his eldest son, Robert Dalzell. To recognise this, his other children were raised to the rank of children of an Earl by Royal Warrant of Precedence in 1889.

Father: Robert Alexander Dalzell
b.February 13, 1768
d.January 01, 1839 (70y)
Son of Robert Dalzell & Elizabeth Acklom
Husband of
m1. Jane Parkes d.Sept 1791;
m2. 26 Apr 1794 Andulusia Browne d. 20 March 1833; and
m3. Jane Carnell d.14 May 1863

Reading Mercury - Saturday 26 October 1878, p 2:
The death of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Robert Alexander G. Dalzell, C.B., formerly of the 63d Foot, took place on Saturday at Kilmaurs, Torquay, after a lingering illness.
Contributor: GariochGraver
Colonel the Honourable Robert Alexander George Dalzell, CB, Knight of the Order of the Medjidie (19 August 1816 - 19 October 1878) was a British aristocrat and soldier.

Dalzell was the youngest son of Lieutenant-General Robert Alexander Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath, (1762 - 1839) & Andulusia Browne (1772 - 1833) He had 3 older brothers who each survived their father to be successively Earls of Carnwath.

On 27 August 1846 he married Sarah Bushby Harris, daughter of Captain John Harris, RN, of Eldon House, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
°Amelia Andalusia Dalzell (d. 15 August 1850)
°Robert Harris Carnwath Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath (1 July 1847 - 8 March 1910) #73615724
°Lady Mary Isabella Dalzell (1850 - 5 February 1936)
°Arthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath (25 December 1851 - 9 March 1941)
°Lady Charlotte Emma Maud Dalzell (b.1859), married 25 February 1882, Colonel Sir Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall.
d. 19 October 1878 aged 62. If he had survived his elder brother, Harry Dalzell, 10th Earl of Carnwath, he would have himself succeeded as Earl of Carnwath, the title instead passing to his eldest son, Robert Dalzell. To recognise this, his other children were raised to the rank of children of an Earl by Royal Warrant of Precedence in 1889.

Father: Robert Alexander Dalzell
b.February 13, 1768
d.January 01, 1839 (70y)
Son of Robert Dalzell & Elizabeth Acklom
Husband of
m1. Jane Parkes d.Sept 1791;
m2. 26 Apr 1794 Andulusia Browne d. 20 March 1833; and
m3. Jane Carnell d.14 May 1863

Reading Mercury - Saturday 26 October 1878, p 2:
The death of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Robert Alexander G. Dalzell, C.B., formerly of the 63d Foot, took place on Saturday at Kilmaurs, Torquay, after a lingering illness.
Contributor: GariochGraver

Gravesite Details

Believed on grounds of their property 'Eldon House', appreciate any further evidence



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