Colonel Robert Alexander George Dalzell, CB (19 August 1816 – 19 October 1878) was a British aristocrat and soldier. Dalzell was the youngest son of

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Robert Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath Lieutenant-General Robert Alexander Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath, (1768–1839), was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. Lord Carnwath was the son of Robert Dalzell (1738−1788) (himself the son of Robert Dalzell, 5th Earl of Carnwath) and Elizabet ...

, and Andulusia Browne.Debrett's Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland (1840), London: William Pickering
/ref> He had three 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

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, Ontario, Canada. Together they had the following children: *Amelia Andalusia Dalzell (died 15 August 1850), died in childhood * Robert Harris Carnwath Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath (1 July 1847 – 8 March 1910) *Lady Mary Isabella Dalzell (1850 – 5 February 1936) *

Arthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath Brigadier-General Arthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath, CB (25 December 1851 – 9 March 1941) was a British Army officer and a Representative Peer of Scotland. Family Dalzell was born into an old Scottish family. He was the fourth of ...

(25 December 1851 – 9 March 1941) *Lady Charlotte Emma Maud Dalzell (2 September 1859 – 13 November 1949), married 25 February 1882, Colonel Sir Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall. He was also appointed Knight of the Order of the Medjidie. Dalzell died on 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.

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Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...