The Dalyell Baronetcy in the

Baronetage of Nova Scotia Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

was created 7 November 1685 for a Scottish General, Thomas Dalyell of the Binns. The succession of the title is unusual in that, in default of heirs male, it can pass by special remainder to

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succeeding him in the estate of

The Binns The House of the Binns, or simply the Binns, is a historic house in West Lothian, Scotland, the seat of the Dalyell family (pronounced ''dee el''). It dates from the early 17th century, and was the home of Tam Dalyell until his death in January ...

. The current baronet is Sir Gordon Wheatley Dalyell of the Binns, 12th Baronet. He inherited the title from his father, better known as the former politician

Tam Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet, , ( ; 9 August 1932 – 26 January 2017), known as Tam Dalyell, was a Scottish Labour Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005. He represented West Lothian from 1962 to 1983 ...

in 2017.

Dalyell of the Binns, Linlithgow (1685)

* Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st Baronet (died ) * Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 2nd Baronet (died 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 (died 1791) *

Sir James Dalyell of the Binns, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(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 Baronet (1821–1886), dormant **His sister, Elizabeth Grace Cornwall-Dalyell, (died 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 Baronet (1932–2017), claimed 1973, son of preceding * Sir Gordon Wheatley Dalyell of the Binns, 12th Baronet (born 1965), son of preceding The

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is the present holder's son, Matthew Thomas Dalyell (born 2001).

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051137/http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Baronets, Dalyell Dalyell Dalyell 1685 establishments in Nova Scotia