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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 780 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DALYELL (or DALZIELL Or DALZELL), See also:THOMAS (d. 1685)  , See also:British soldier, was the son of See also:Thomas See also:Dalyell of Binns, See also:Linlithgowshire, a See also:cadet of the See also:family of the earls of Carnwath, and of See also:Janet, daughter of the 1st See also:Lord See also:Bruce of Kinloss, See also:master of the rolls in See also:England . He appears to have accompanied the Rochelle expedition in 1628, and afterwards, becoming See also:colonel, served under See also:Robert See also:Munro, the See also:general in See also:Ireland . He was taken prisoner at the See also:capitulation of See also:Carrickfergus in See also:August 165o, but was given a See also:free pass, and having been banished from See also:Scotland remained in Ireland . He was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Worcester (3rd of See also:September 1651), where his men surrendered, and he himself was captured and imprisoned in the See also:Tower . In May he escaped abroad, and in 1654 took See also:part in the Highland See also:rebellion and was. excepted from See also:Cromwell's See also:act of See also:grace, a See also:reward of £200 being offered for his See also:capture, dead or alive . The See also:king's cause being now for the See also:time hopeless, Dalyell entered the service of the See also:tsar of See also:Russia, and distinguished himself as general in the See also:wars against the See also:Turks and See also:Tatars . He returned to See also:Charles in 1665, and on the 19th of See also:July 1666 he was appointed See also:commander-in-See also:chief in Scotland to subdue the See also:Covenanters . He defeated them at Rullion See also:Green and exercised his See also:powers-with See also:great See also:cruelty, his name becoming a terror to the peasants . He obtained several of the forfeited estates . On the 3rd of See also:January 1667 he was made a privy councillor, and from 1678 till his See also:death represented See also:Linlithgow in the Scottish See also:parliament . He was incensed by the choice of the See also:duke of See also:Monmouth as commanderin-chief in See also:June 1679, and was confirmed in his See also:original See also:appointment by Charles, but in consequence did not appear at See also:Bothwell See also:Bridge till after the See also:close of the engagement . On the 25th of See also:November 1681, a See also:commission was issued authorizing him to enrol the See also:regiment afterwards known as the Scots Greys .

He was continued in his appointment by See also:

James II., but died soon after the latter's See also:accession in August 1685 . He married See also:Agnes, daughter of See also:John See also:Ker of Cavers, by whom he had a son, Thomas, created a See also:baronet in 1685, whose only son and See also:heir, Thomas, died unmarried . The baronetage apparently became See also:extinct, but it was assumed about 1726 by James See also:Menteith, a son of the See also:sister of the last baronet, who took the name of Dalyell; his last male descendant, See also:Sir Robert Dalyell, died unmarried in 1886 .

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