Dalyell, John [Graham] ♂

Education

Student United College 1788-1789 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1790-1791 Lat. Jun. 1792-1793 Log. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Baptised 10.8.1775 at Binns son of Sir Robert Dalyell, 4th Bt. [baronet] and Elizabeth Graham.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University.

Advocate 1796. Knighted 1836. President Society of Arts of Scotland 1839 - 1840. [Lawyer]

Succeeded his elder brother as 6th baronet in 1841.

Publications

The darker superstitions of Scotland, illustrated from history and practice. (Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1834).

Death

Died 7.6.1851 at Edinburgh.

Sources

• F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)