Arthur Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath

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Brigadier-General Arthur Edward Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath, CB (25 December 1851 – 9 March 1941) was a British Army officer and a Scottish representative peer
.

Family

Dalzell was born into an old

Royal Warrant of Precedence
.

Dalzell married at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, on 4 December 1902 Muriel Wyndham Knatchbull, daughter of Colonel Norton Knatchbull.[1] They had two children:

  • Muriel Marjorie Dalzell (22 September 1903 – 18 February 1995), married in 1927 Major John Norton Taylor.
  • Arthur Robert Dalzell (11 March 1907 – 28 February 1909).

Military career

Receiving his education at East Sheen and Cheltenham, he joined the 12th or

Paardeberg and other campaigns during the conflict. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 29 November 1900 for his services there.[3]

His sister Lady Maud Rolleston writes about their time in South Africa during the 2nd Boer War in her book "Yeoman service : being the diary of the wife of an imperial yeomanry office during the Boer War".[4] Amongst various adventures of her own, she set up a convalescent home for soldiers in Kimberley and helped nurse her badly injured husband Col Lancelot Rolleston back to health.[5]

After his return from South Africa, Dalzell became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

Ultimately promoted to the position of honorary

Brigadier-General, Dalzell served on the Western Front during World War I
.

Peer

Upon the death of his nephew,

Ronald Arthur Dalzell, 12th Earl of Carnwath, in 1931 he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Carnwath and was subsequently elected a Scottish representative peer in 1935. He died on 9 March 1941 at his country residence, Sand House, Wedmore, Somerset, England
. Lady Carnwarth died in 1958.

Sources

  1. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36943. London. 5 December 1902. p. 10.
  2. ^ "No. 25517". The London Gazette. 6 October 1885. p. 4648.
  3. ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2697.
  4. ^ "Yeoman service : being the diary of the wife of an imperial yeomanry office during the Boer War : Rolleston, Maud Brooke". Internet Archive. 1901.
  5. ^ Luscombe, Stephen. "The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies". britishempire.co.uk.
  • The Times 30 May 1916
  • The Times 12 March 1941
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Carnwath
1931–1941 		Dormant
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