DALLING and BULWER, William Henry Lytton Eakle Bulwer, Baron (2 son of Wm. Earle Bulwer 1757–1807, col. 106 foot). b. 31 Baker st. Portman sq. London 13 Feb. 1801; ed. at Sunbury and Harrow; entered Trin. coll. Cam. 1819, migrated to Downing coll.; went to the Morea as agent of the Greek committee in London 1824; attaché at Berlin 1827, at Vienna 1829, at the Hague 1830; M.P. for Wilton, Wilts. 1830–31, for Coventry 1831–34, for Marylebone 1835; chargé d’affaires at Brussels 1835–36; sec. of embassy at Constantinople 1837–39, at Paris 1839–43; ambassador at Madrid 14 Nov. 1843, arbitrator between Spain and Morocco 1844; P.C. 30 June 1845; K.C.B. 27 April 1848, G.C.B. 1 March 1851; ambassador at Washington 27 April 1849; minister plenipotentiary at Florence 19 Jany. 1852 to 26 Jany. 1855; granted a pension 25 April 1855; ambassador at Constantinople 10 May 1858 to Aug. 1865; M.P. for Tamworth 17 Nov. 1868 to 21 March 1871 when created baron Dalling and Bulwer of Dalling in the county of Norfolk; said to be the original of George Sand’s ‘Mauprat’ 1836; author of An autumn in Greece 1826; France, social, literary and political 2 vols. 1834, being the first half of a work called The monarchy of the middle classes 1836; Historical characters 3 vols. 1867–73; Life of Viscount Palmerston 3 vols. 1870–74. d. Naples 23 May 1872. A. Hayward’s Biographical essays ii, 320–40 (1870); Madden’s Life of Countess of Blessington iii, 63–74 (1855); Illust. Review iv, 97–103 (1872), portrait; I.L.N. ix, 245 (1846), portrait, lxi, 168 (1872).
DALLMEYER, Johann Heinrick (2 son of Wm. Dallmeyer of Loxten near Versmold, Westphalia). b. Loxten 6 Sep. 1830; apprenticed to an optician at Osnabruck 3 years; came to England 1851; a manufacturer of telescopes in London 1859; naturalised 17 Sep. 1859; F.R.A.S. 1861; supplied photographic lenses to photographers in all parts of the world; patented a single wide-angle lens 1864 largely used for photographing landscapes; received highest awards at Dublin, Berlin, Paris and Philadelphia exhibitions; author of On the choice and use of photographic lenses, 6 editions. d. on board ship off coast of New Zealand 30 Dec. 1883. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xlv, 190–91 (1885).
DALMER, Thomas. Second lieut. 23 foot 22 May 1797, major 10 Dec. 1807 to 24 July 1817 when placed on h.p.; col. 47 foot 16 April 1847 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 4 June 1815. d. Hawkhurst, Kent 26 Aug. 1854.
DALRYMPLE, Sir Adolphus John, 2 Baronet (elder son of Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, 1 baronet, who d. 9 April 1830 in 80 year). b. parish of Marylebone, London, Feb. 1784; ed. at Harrow; ensign 37 foot 25 Oct. 1799; major 19 light dragoons 17 Nov. 1808 to Dec. 1814 when placed on h.p.; aide-de-camp to the Sovereign 1830–41; general 11 April 1860; M.P. for Weymouth 1817–18, for Appleby 1819–26, for Haddington district of burghs 1826–31, for Brighton 1837–41. d. Delrowe house near Watford, Herts. 3 March 1866.
DALRYMPLE, Donald (4 son of Wm. Dalrymple of Norwich, surgeon 1772–1847). b. Norwich 1814; ed. at Norwich gr. sch. and Guy’s hospital; F.R.C.S. 1854; M.R.C.P. 1859; a surgeon at Norwich 1835–62; sheriff of Norwich 1860–61; M.P. for Bath 17 Nov. 1868 to death; author of Meteorological observations on the climate of Egypt 1861. d. Coldecot near Southampton 19 Sep. 1873.
DALRYMPLE, John (brother of the preceding). b. Norwich 1803; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; a surgeon at 8 New Broad st. City of London 1827–39 when he moved to 6 Holles st. Cavendish sq.; assistant surgeon to Royal London Ophthalmic hospital 1832, surgeon 1843, consulting surgeon 1849; a founder of Royal college of Chemistry 1845; F.R.S. 7 June 1849; author of The anatomy of the human eye 1834; The pathology of the human eye 1852. d. 60 Grosvenor st. London 2 May 1852 in 49 year. Proc. of Royal Soc. vi, 250 (1852).
DALTON, Charles James (youngest son of Rev. James Dalton, R. of Croft, Yorkshire). b. 13 May 1812; Second lieut. R.A. 18 Dec. 1829, col. 25 Sep. 1859 to 23 April 1868, col. commandant 20 April 1877 to death; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. d. Percy house, Twickenham park, Twickenham 7 Nov. 1880.
DALTON, John (son of Wm. Dalton of Bessville, co. Westmeath). b. Bessville 29 June 1792; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar 1813; comr. of Irish loan fund board 1835; granted a civil list pension of £50, 4 March 1856; gained prize of £80 and Cunningham gold medal of Royal Irish Academy for best essay on social and political state of Irish people 1827; author of History of the county of Dublin 2 vols. 1838; The history of Drogheda 2 vols. 1844; History of Ireland to the year 1245, 2 vols. 1845 and other books. d. 48 Summer hill, Dublin 20 Jany. 1867.
DALTON, Rev. John. Educ. at Oscott college; engaged in R.C. missions at Northampton, Norwich and Lynn; elected a member of the chapter of see of Northampton; published Christianity in Europe by Novalis translated from the German 1844; The art of dying well, translated from the Latin of Bellarmine 1846 and many other translations from German, Latin and Spanish. d. St. John’s, Maddermarket, Norwich 15 Feb. 1874 in 60 year.
DALTON, John Stuart. Librarian of free public library, William Brown st. Liverpool 1852 to death; author of many poems. d. Low hill, Liverpool 2 Aug. 1868 aged 72.