DALTON, William Henry. Bookseller in Cockspur st. London about 1833–63; founded Booksellers Protection Association about 1851; member of Metropolitan Board of Works for parish of St. Martin in the Fields 1855 to death, being the last survivor of the original members. d. 30 Coleherne road, South Kensington, London 23 June 1884.
DALY, Cuthbert Featherstone. Entered navy 17 Feb. 1794; captain 18 Aug. 1808; R.A. on h.p. 9 Nov. 1846; C.B. 20 July 1838. d. Hayes place, Lisson grove, London 6 Dec. 1851.
DALY, Sir Dominic (3 son of Dominic Daly of Benmore, co. Galway, who d. 1841). b. Ardfry, co. Galway 11 Aug. 1798; went to Canada as private sec. to Sir Francis Burton 1822; assistant sec. to province of Lower Canada 1825–27, sec. 1827–40, sec. of province of Canada on union of the two provinces 1840–48; lieut. governor of Tobago 16 Sep. 1851, of Prince Edward’s Island 8 May 1854 to 1859; knighted by patent 2 July 1856; governor and commander in chief of South Australia 28 Oct. 1861 to death, assumed office March 1862. (m. 20 May 1826 Caroline Maria 2 dau. of Ralph Gore of Barrowmount, co. Kilkenny, she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 17 Nov. 1868 and d. 1872), he d. Government house, Adelaide 19 Feb. 1868. J. P. Stow’s South Australia (1883) 37–42.
DALY, Ellen. b. Kidderminster 1806; acted in melodrama at Adelphi theatre, London 1820–21; acted at Covent Garden and Haymarket, at Surrey theatre 14 years, at Standard theatre 1848–49; at Princess’s theatre under Charles Kean 1850–59. d. Notting hill, London 18 Jany. 1883. Actors by daylight i, 89 (1838), portrait; Dramatic Mirror (1847) p. 37, portrait; Theatrical Times iv, 1–2 (1849), portrait.
DALY, Right Rev. Robert (younger son of Denis Daly of Dunsandle, co. Galway 1747–91, P.C.) b. Dunsandle 8 June 1783; fellow commoner at Trin. coll. Dublin 1799, gold medallist 1803, B.A. 1803, M.A. 1832, B.D. and D.D. 1843; preb. of Holy Trinity, Cork 1809–43; preb. of Stagonill, Dublin 1809–43; R. of Powerscourt 1809–43; dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, elected 8 Dec. 1840, declared dean 1842 by court of delegates appointed to try validity of the election; bishop of united dioceses of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore 12 Jany. 1843 to death; an eminent leader of the Evangelical party; edited O’Brien’s Focaloir Gaoidhilge-Sags-Bhéarla, or an Irish-English dictionary 1832; Letters and papers of Viscountess Powerscourt 1838, 9 ed. 1874. d. See house, Waterford 16 Feb. 1872. Personal recollections of Right Rev. Robert Daly by An old parishioner i.e. Mrs. H. Madden 1872.
DALYELL, Sir John Graham, 6 Baronet (2 son of Sir Robert Dalyell, 4 baronet, who d. 1791). b. Binns, Linlithgowshire, Aug. 1775; lamed for life when an infant; ed. at Univs. of St. Andrews and Edin.; advocate at Scottish bar 1796; knighted by patent 22 Aug. 1836; pres. of Society of Arts for Scotland 1839–40; succeeded his elder brother as 6 baronet 1 Feb. 1841; author of Fragments of Scottish history 1798; Scottish poems of the sixteenth century 1801; Journal of Richard Bannatyne 1806; Darker superstitions of Scotland 1834; Musical memoirs of Scotland 1849. d. 14 Great King st. Edinburgh 7 June 1851. Sir J. G. Dalyell’s The powers of the creator displayed in the creation to which is prefixed a memoir of the author, vol. iii, 1858.
DALYELL, Sir Robert Alexander Osborne, 8 Baronet (eld. son of the succeeding). b. 1821; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1847; barrister M.T. 23 Nov. 1849; employed in the consulate at Bucharest 1855–57; consul at Erzeroum 1859–65; consul for the Vilayet of the Danube 17 Oct. 1865 to 1 July 1874 when he retired on a pension. d. The Binns, Linlithgow 21 Jany. 1886.
DALYELL, Sir William Cunningham Cavendish, 7 Baronet. b. 27 April 1784; entered navy 1793; a prisoner in France 1805–14; commander of Greenwich hospital 27 Aug. 1840 to death; retired captain 1 July 1864; succeeded 7 June 1851. d. Royal hospital, Greenwich 16 Feb. 1865.
DALZELL, Nicol Alexander. b. Edinburgh 21 April 1817; ed. at high sch. and Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1837; assistant comr. of customs, Bombay 1841; forest ranger of Scinde; conservator of forests Bombay, retired on a pension 1870; F.R.S. Edin.; author of A review of Plowden’s Report on salt revenue of Bombay 1855; The Bombay Flora 1861. d. Edinburgh, Jany. 1878.
DAMES, William Longworth. Ensign 66 foot 26 July 1826, major 12 Oct. 1841 to 6 Nov. 1846 when placed on h.p.; col. 5 foot 12 Jany. 1865 to death; L.G. 4 Feb. 1867. d. 23 East Cliff, Dover 20 Feb. 1868 aged 61.