Sir Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell of the Binns, 8th Baronet DL JP (1821 – 1886) was a British diplomat, and one of the Dalyell baronets. In some sources, his middle name is spelled Osborn. He succeeded to the Baronetecy and inherited the House of the Binns on the death of his brother William Cunningham Dalyell. He received an M.A. in 1847 from

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. He studied law at the

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and was called to the bar in 1849. He was a J.P. and D.L. of

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. In his diplomatic career, he was acting consul-general in

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1856–7, and in

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1857–9. He was consul in

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1859–62, in

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1862–1865, and in

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1865–74.thePeerage.com says he was consul at "Rustchuk" (ie., Ruse) until 1879, bu
''London Gazette''
has another person, Richard Reade, ''leaving'' that post in 1878. He died unmarried and the baronetcy became dormant until 1914. He is buried in

Abercorn Abercorn ( Gaelic: ''Obar Chùirnidh'', Old English: ''Æbbercurnig'') is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around west of South Queensferry. The parish had a ...

churchyard in

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. The grave lies to the south-east next to the southern path.

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Sir Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell of the Binns, 8th Bt.
(thePeerage.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalyell, Robert Alexander Osborne 1821 births 1886 deaths Nobility from West Lothian British diplomats Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Place of birth missing Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia