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

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proprietor,

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politician and supporter of

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Background and education

Dalziel was born in Borgue,

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, the son of James Dalziel (died 1904), a

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Career

Originally a journalist, Dalziel became

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(MP) for Kirkcaldy Burghs in 1892. He was also an outspoken advocate of

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for

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and

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. After his retirement he joined the

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. In 1914 he became sole owner of '' Reynolds's News'', in which he had long had a financial interest. He also bought the ''

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'' in 1917 and the same year was given the Freedom of the City of Kirkcaldy. Lloyd George made him chairman and political director of the ''

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'' in 1918. He sold all his newspaper interests in 1922.

Honours

Dalziel was knighted in 1908, and appointed to the Privy Council in 1912. He was created a Baronet, of Brooklands,

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, in the County of Surrey, in 1918. Dalziel was raised to the peerage as Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, ''of

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in the

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'', in the

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Personal life

Lord Dalziel of Kirkcaldy married Amy (née Thackery), widow of Donald Macreae, in July 1928 at the British Embassy in Paris. They had no children. He died in July 1935, aged 67, whereupon the baronetcy and barony became extinct.

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