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John Dalzell, 4th Earl of Carnwath (1649–1702) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was the son of

Gavin Dalzell, 2nd Earl of Carnwath Gavin Dalzell, 2nd Earl of Carnwath (1627−1674), styled by the courtesy title Lord Dalzell from 1639, was a Scottish nobleman and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War. He was the son of Robert Dalzell, 1st Earl of Carnwath and Christ ...

and Margaret Carnegie. He succeeded to his brother's titles of

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 ...

and Lord Dalzell in June 1683. The titles have a special

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to heirs male whatsoever bearing the

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and

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of Dalzell, which means that they can pass to the senior heir outside of the line descending from the first holder the title, should that line become extinct. The heir is merely required to have the surname and Arms of Dalzell. There is not the requirement that the heir be of the body of the original holder. On Lord Carnwath's death on 7 June 1702, the line of the first

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became extinct. The titles were therefore able to pass by virtue of the special remainder through

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, Sir Robert Dalzell, 3rd Baronet, the senior heir of the first Lord Dalzell. But for this remainder, only the Lordship would have been inherited and the Earldom would have become extinct.

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