Sir Robert Dalzell, 1st Baronet (1639−1686), was a Scottish politician. He was the son of

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Sir John Dalzell and Agnes Nisbet. His paternal grandfather was

Robert Dalzell, 1st Lord Dalzell Robert Dalzell, 1st Lord Dalzell (c.1550−1636), known as Sir Robert Dalzell from 1602 to 1628, was a Scottish nobleman who raised to the Peerage as a Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland on 18 September 1628, by King Charles I. He wa ...

. He married, firstly, Catherine Sandilands, daughter of Sir James Sandilands and Lady Agnes Carnegie. They had one daughter together. He married, secondly, Lady Margaret Johnstone, daughter of

James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (1602 – April 1653) was a Scottish peer and royalist. Background He was the only son of Sir James Johnstone, the Warden of the West Marches and his wife Sarah, sister of William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries o ...

and Margaret Douglas, on 11 October 1654. He married, thirdly, Violet Riddell, with whom he had three sons. Sir Robert held the office of

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for the sheriffdom of Dumfries between 1665 and 1674, and again from 1681 to 1682. He finally held the office in 1685. He was created a

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of Glenae, Dumfries on 11 April 1666, in the

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/ref> He died in April 1686, and was succeeded in his baronetcy by his eldest son,

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 ...

. His grandson, Robert Dalzell, was eventually to succeed 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 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalzell, Robert Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

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 ...

Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1665 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1667 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–1674 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686

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