Dalyell baronets explained

The Dalyell Baronetcy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia^[1] was created 7 November 1685 for a Scottish General, Thomas Dalyell of the Binns. The succession of the title is unusual in that, in default of heirs male, it can pass by special remainder to tailzie succeeding him in the estate of The Binns.

The current baronet is Sir Gordon Wheatley Dalyell of the Binns, 12th Baronet. He inherited the title from his father, former politician Tam Dalyell, in 2017.^{[2] [3]}

Dalyell of the Binns, Linlithgow (1685)

• Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 1st Baronet (died)
• Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 2nd Baronet (died 1719), dormant
• Sir James Dalyell of the Binns, 3rd Baronet (c. 1690–1747), claimed between 1723 and 1728
• Sir Robert Dalyell of the Binns, 4th Baronet (died 1791)
• Sir James Dalyell of the Binns, 5th Baronet (1774–1841)
• Sir John Graham Dalyell of the Binns, 6th Baronet (c. 1775–1851)^[4]
• Sir William Cunningham Dalyell of the Binns, 7th Baronet (1787–1865)
• Sir Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell of the Binns, 8th Baronet (1821–1886), dormant
  • His sister, Elizabeth Grace Cornwall-Dalyell, (died 1913) inherited the Binns, but not the baronetcy
• Sir James Bruce Wilkie-Dalyell of the Binns, 9th Baronet (1867–1935), cousin of the above, as son of Harriet Wilkie, née Dalyell, aunt; claimed 1914, dormant
• Dame Eleanor Isabel "Nora" Dalyell, de jure 10th Baronetess (1895–1972), daughter of preceding
• Sir Thomas "Tam" Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Baronet (1932–2017), claimed 1973, son of preceding
• Sir Gordon Wheatley Dalyell of the Binns, 12th Baronet (born 1965), son of preceding

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Matthew Thomas Dalyell (born 2001).

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051137/http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Roll of the Baronetage. The Standing Council of the Baronetage. 30 November 2015. 19 April 2014. 6 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906182846/http://www.baronetage.org/a-short-history/the-baronets-badge/. dead.
2. Web site: Tam Dalyell, Sir Thomas Dalyell Loch of The Binns, 11th Baronet. Berlinn Ltd. Independent Scottish Publisher. 2 December 2015.
3. Web site: The House of the Binns, Edinburgh and the Lothians. WhichCastle.com. 2 December 2015.
4. Dalyell, John Graham. George Clement. Boase. George Clement Boase. 13.