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Dalziel, Dalzell or Dalyell ( ) is a
Scottish surname
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Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
.
Pronunciation
The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an
anglicisation
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of
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
''Dail-gheal'', meaning bright dale. The sound now spelled with a or is historically a lenited slender , which in Gaelic is pronounced
(like English ). The English/
Scots form of the name was originally spelled with a
yogh
The letter yogh (ȝogh) ( ; Scots Language, Scots: ; Middle English: ) was used in Middle English and Older Scots, representing ''y'' () and various velar consonant , velar phonemes. It was derived from the Insular G, Insular form of the letter ...
() as ''Dalȝiel''; this was later replaced with either a , the letter of the modern alphabet which most looks like yogh, or a , which more closely represents the sound.
History
The name originates from the former
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
of
Dalzell in
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...
, in the area now occupied by
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
. The name Dalzell is first recorded in 1259, and Thomas de Dalzell fought at
Bannockburn
Bannockburn (Scottish Gaelic ''Allt a' Bhonnaich'') is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing int ...
. The Dalzell lands were forfeited later in the 14th century, but regained through marriage in the 15th. Sir Robert Dalzell was created Lord Dalzell in 1628, and his son was further elevated in the
peerage
A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks.
Peerages include:
Australia
* Australian peers
Belgium
* Belgi ...
as
Earl of Carnwath
The title Earl of Carnwath is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created together with the subsidiary title of Lord Dalzell and Liberton, on 21 April 1639 for Robert Dalzell, 2nd Lord Dalzell. His father, Sir Robert Dalzell, had been raised ...
, in 1639. In 1645 the Dalzell estates were sold to the
Hamiltons of Orbiston, who held them until the 20th century. Scottish emigration has dispersed the Dalziel family across the English-speaking world.
The Dalziel
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...
is ''
sable
The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaza ...
, a man's body proper'', i.e. the flesh-coloured silhouette of a man against a black background. The origin of this peculiar arms was written about by
Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 6th Baronet (1694 – 24 April 1770) was a notable genealogist responsible for one of the major works on Scottish families, ''The Baronage of Scotland''.
Works
No substantive Scottish peerage had appeared since ...
, in 1764:
People
People with this surname include:
Dalyell
*
Dalyell baronets
The Dalyell Baronetcy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia 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 remainde ...
* Sir
John Graham Dalyell
Sir John Graham Dalyell (August 1775 – 7 June 1851) was a Scottish advocate, antiquary and naturalist
Life
The second son of Sir Robert Dalyell, fourth baronet, who died in 1791, by Elizabeth, only daughter of Nicol Graham of Gartmore, Perthshi ...
(1775–1851), Scottish antiquary and naturalist
*
Tam Dalyell of the Binns
Sir Thomas Dalyell of The Binns, 1st Baronet (1615–1685) was a Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known by the soubriquets "Bluidy Tam" and "The Muscovite De'il".
Life
Dalyell was born in Linlithgowshire, th ...
(1615–1685), Scottish General, also spelled Dalzell or Dalziel
*
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 ...
(1932–2017), British Labour politician
*
Elsie Dalyell
Elsie Jean Dalyell (13 December 1881 – 1 November 1948) was an Australian medical doctor who specialised in pathology. During World War I, she served in the Royal Army Medical Corps across Europe, and was appointed an Officer of Order of the ...
(1881–1948), Australian pathologist
Dalzell
*
John Dalzell
John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of The ...
(1845–1927), U.S. Representative
*
Rick Dalzell Rick Dalzell (born Richard Lane Dalzell on April 7, 1957 in Kentucky) was the chief information officer and senior vice president of Amazon.com from 1997 until November 2007. During his ten years at Amazon.com, he was the driving force behind the g ...
(born 1957), American businessman
*
Samuel ‘Sammy’ Dalzell
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...
(1933-1977), Olympic Athlete (Northern Ireland)
*
Stewart Dalzell (1943-2019), American judge
Dalziel
*
Bobby Dalziel, Scottish footballer
*
Brothers Dalziel, a firm of Victorian engravers founded in 1839 by George and Edward Dalziel, and assisted by John and Thomas Dalziel (see below)
*
Charles Dalziel (1904–1986), American professor of engineering
*
Dale Dalziel, American curler
*
Davison Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler
Davison Alexander Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler (17 October 1852 – 18 April 1928), known as Sir Davison Dalziel, Bt, between 1919 and 1928, was a British newspaper owner and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons ...
(1852–1928), Scottish businessman and Conservative politician
*
Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989) was a French-American fashion columnist and editor. She worked for the fashion magazine ''Harper's Bazaar'' and as editor-in-chief at ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', later becoming a special c ...
(1903–1989), born Diana Dalziel, noted fashion magazine editor
*
Gordon Dalziel
Gordon Dalziel (born 16 March 1962) is a Scottish football player and manager. Dalziel spent most of his playing career with Raith Rovers, scoring 170 goals in 360 league appearances, and winning the 1994–95 Scottish League Cup. He also play ...
(born 1962), former Scottish footballer and manager
*
Henry Dalziel (1893–1965), Australian war hero
*
Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy
James Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy PC (24 April 1868 – 15 July 1935), known as Sir Henry Dalziel, Bt, between 1918 and 1921, was a British newspaper proprietor, Liberal politician and supporter of David Lloyd George.
Backgrou ...
(1868–1935), Scottish Liberal politician
*
Ian Dalziel (born 1947), British businessman and politician
*
John Dalziel, Scottish rugby union coach
*
Kathleen Dalziel
Kathleen Dalziel (1881-1969) was an Australian writer who was born in Durban, Colony of Natal
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government ha ...
(1881–1969), Australian poet
*
Keith Dalziel (1921–1994), Biochemist and Fellow of The Royal Society
*
Lianne Dalziel
Lianne Audrey Dalziel (; born 7 June 1960) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister ...
(born 1960), Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
*
Margaret Dalziel
Edith Margaret Dalziel (21 November 1916 – 5 May 2003) was an English literature scholar at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. She was the first female Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university.
Biography
Dalziel was born in Rangiora ...
, academic at the University of Otago, New Zealand
*
Raewyn Dalziel
Raewyn Mary Dalziel is a New Zealand historian specialising in New Zealand social history.
Career
Dalziel was Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Auckland from 1999 to 2009. She is an emeritus professor of history at the university ...
, New Zealand historian
*
Ryan Dalziel
Ryan Dalziel ( ; born 12 April 1982), is a Scottish professional racing driver. Dalziel has seen the most success in his career in the United States, racing in the American Le Mans Series GT1 class and the Champ Car World Series, and winning t ...
(born 1982), British racing driver
*
Stuart Dalziel (born 1963), British and New Zealand fluid dynamicist
*
Thomas Dalziel (1823–1906), engraver
Fictional people
* Andrew Dalziel, fictitious detective in literature and television, part of the team
Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill.
Characterisation and style
Dalziel is ...
created by
Reginald Hill
Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 193612 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.
Biography
Hill was born to a "very ordinary" family ...
.
* Royce Varisey, tenth Duke of Wolverstone went by the codename 'Dalziel' (his mother's family name) throughout the Napoleonic Wars in the Bastion Club series of romance novels by
Stephanie Laurens
Stephanie Laurens (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels.
Biography
Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in Sri Lanka. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, where she was rai ...
.
* The would-be heroic Willie Dalzel, a boy of about six or eight and friend to Jimmie Trescott, is a minor character in Stephen Crane's novella, The Monster (1898).
* Clay Dalzell, lawyer/detective played by William Powell in the movie, "Star of Midnight" (1936), based upon the novel by Arthur Roche.
People with the given name
*
Dalziel Hammick (1887–1966), British chemist
Other uses
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
still contains Dalziel Parish, a congregation of the
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland.
The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...
, as well as the Dalzell Steelworks, now owned by Liberty House. The estate of
Dalziel House
Dalzell House ( ) is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the south of the town, on the north bank of the River Clyde. At its core is a 15th-century tower house, with extensive additions built during the ...
, the former home of the
Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, is now a country park on the south side of the town.
Dalziel Rugby Club play at
Dalziel Park
Dalziel Park is an area located between the villages of Carfin, Cleland and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Other nearby settlements include the large town of Motherwell and the new town of Ravenscraig. The area consists of a res ...
in nearby
Carfin
Carfin (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Càrn Fionn'', meaning the White Cairn) is a village situated to the north-east of Motherwell, Scotland. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Holytown, Newarthill and New Stevenston which ha ...
. The name is also used by several Motherwell-based institutions, including
Dalziel High School and the former Dalziel Co-operative Society.
Dalziel Park Stadium was a nineteenth-century football stadium that was the home of the town's football team
Motherwell F.C.
Motherwell Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Motherwell have not dropped out of the top-flight of Scottish football since 1985, and have l ...
See also
*
Dalzell (disambiguation) Dalzell can refer to:
Places
* Dalzell, Illinois
* Dalzell, Ohio
* Dalzell, South Carolina
* Dalzell, South Dakota
* Dalzell House, Motherwell, Scotland
People
* John Dalzell (1845–1927), U.S. Representative
* Jon Dalzell, American-Israeli bask ...
References
External links
Dalziel - the name the placeDalziel.com{{surname, Dalziel
Surnames
Scottish surnames
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin