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DALE—DALGLEISH—DALLING—DALRYMPLE—DALTON.

late Paymaster-General of the Forces, and has issue, with three daughters, four sons, of whom the third, Edw. Henry, is a Lieutenant R.N. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.



DALE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)

Alfred Dale is son of Thos. Dale, Esq., M.D., of London, one of the founders, and for many years a Registrar of the Literary Fund Institution.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1799, as a Boy, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, stationed in the Channel, and attained the rating of Midshipman 27 June, 1800. On removing, in April, 1802, to the La Dédaigneuse 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, Peter Heywood, and Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, he sailed for the East Indies, where he was captured, while in charge of a prize, in Dec. 1803. He remained a prisoner in the Isle of France until exchanged, in July, 1805; then rejoined his previous ship; and, on 25 Sept. 1806, was promoted from the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Pitt alias Salsette 36, Capt. Walter Bathurst, to which frigate, after accompanying Lord Gambler in his expedition against Copenhagen, he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 21 Oct. 1807. He next assisted at the bombardment of Flushing; and was subsequently appointed – 2 Aug. 1810, and 1 Oct. 1812, to the Belle Poule 38, and Pembroke 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Brisbane – and, 19 Jan. [errata 1] 1813, and 3 Dec. 1814, to the Laurel 38, and Amelia 38, each commanded by Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby. During his attachment to the last-mentioned ship, Mr. Dale served on the Mediterranean and Cape stations – was much employed in boat-duty – and received the thanks of Lord Exmouth for his conduct in landing, in July, 1815, with a party of seamen and marines on the island of Elba, and effecting the capture of a packet of 6 guns and 40 men, commanded by a Lieutenant of the French Navy. Commander Dale, who has not been afloat since he was paid off in July, 1816, assumed his present rank 24 July, 1844.



DALGLEISH. (Commander, 1813.)

James Dalgleish died 31 Jan. 1846. He was cousin of Lieut. J. O. Dalgleish, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Midshipman, on board the Egmont 74, Capts. Jas. Ferguson and Edw. Thornbrough, forming part of the Channel fleet. Until 1791 he further served, on the American and Home stations, in the Camel, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Burlton, Expedition, Capt. Jas. Vashon, Ganges 74, Capt. Roger Curtis, Thorn sloop, Capt. Wm. Taylor, and Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Elliot. In 1794 he Joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, and, obtaining a Lieutenancy, 25 Aug. 1794, in the Tremendous 74, Capts. Wm. Bentinck, John Aylmer, and Wm. Hope, was afterwards appointed – 14 April, 1796, to the Asia 64, Capt. M‘Dougall – 6 July, 1796, to the Eurus, Capt. Jas. Ross, in which vessel he visited the West Indies – 4 Oct. 1799, to the Hussar 38, Capt. Lord Garlies – 25 June, 1801, to the Bellerophon 74, commanded by the same officer – 22 Aug. 1803, to the command, in the West Indies, of the Swift hired cutter – next, to the Chichester store-ship, Capt. Joseph Spear – 22 May, 1805, to the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw. Galwey, in which he assisted at the capture, 22 March, 1808, of Le Rennair privateer, of 14 guns and 95 men, and attended the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 – and (after an unemployed interval of three years), 19 Jan. 1813, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith. He obtained a Commander’s commission on 4 Dec. in the latter year, but did not afterwards go afloat.



DALGLEISH. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 11; h-p., 22.)

James Ogilvy Dalgleish, born in May, 1800, at Scotscraig House, co. Fife, is cousin of the late Commander Jas. Dalgleish, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1814, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. John Maitland, stationed off Toulon; and on removing, in Jan. following, to the Liverpool 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, visited Quebec, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Isle of France. He became, in March, 1818, Midshipman of the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres; served next, from Sept. in the same year until Nov. 1822, in the Liffey 40, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Chas. Grant, on the Home, Mediterranean, and East India stations; and then joined, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Termagant 28, Capt. Robt. Graham Dunlop, to which ship he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 26 July, 1823. His subsequent appointments were, 28 Nov. 1823, and 15 March, 1824, to the Rattlesnake 28, and Brisk 10, Capts. Hugh Patton and Chas. Hope, on the Home station. Since Oct. 1825, Lieut. Dalgleish has been on half-pay.

He married, 20 July, 1831, Isabella Marshall, daughter of David Martin, Esq., of Dundee, by whom he has issue three children.



DALLING. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 19; h-p., 25.)

John Windham Dalling is youngest son of the late Sir John Dalling, Bart., a Colonel in the army, and Governor of Jamaica, by Louisa, daughter of Excelles Lawford, Esq.; brother of the present Sir Wm. Windham Dalling, Bart., of Burwood Park, co. Surrey; and brother-in-law of General Hon. Robt. Meade.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, and after sharing, as Midshipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, removed, in Dec. 1805, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste. In the summer of 1806 we find him present at the debarkation of the troops immediately prior to the battle of Maida, as also at the capture of the town of Reggio, and of the important fortress of Cotrone, containing a garrison of 600 men. While subsequently employed in the same ship in the Adriatic, Mr. Dalling served in her boats on various occasions, but particularly on 27 Aug. 1809, when he aided, as Master’s Mate, in taking the strong fort of Cortellazzo, with a flotilla of six gun-boats, and a convoy of merchantmen lying under its protection. He next joined, for a few months, the Centaur 74, bearing the flag off Toulon of Sir Sam. Hood; and, on 18 Oct. 1810, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the same station. From Aug. 1812, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814, he served at the Cape of Good Hope on board the Lion 64, and Semiramis 36, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Hon. Robt. Stopford and Chas. Tyler; and he subsequently obtained command, 7 Jan. 1817, and 18 April, 1826, of the Nimrod and Raleigh sloops, on the Leith and Mediterranean stations. Assuming Post-rank 2 Jan. 1828, Capt. Dalling, from 15 Nov. 1838, until May, 1842, further served in the Daphne, first-class corvette, off Lisbon, and again in the Mediterranean. Since the latter date he has been unemployed.

Capt. Dalling married, 10 June, 1844, Frances Anne, eldest daughter of Colonel Fanshawe, R.E., C.B. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.



DALRYMPLE. (Retired Commander, 1845.)

James Dalrymple was made a Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1800. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List, 15 Dec. 1830; and on the Senior, 8 Sept. 1845.



DALTON. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 11; h-p., 36.)

James Robert Dalton is second son of the late John Dalton, Esq., of Sleningford, co. York, and of Fillingham Castle, co. Lincoln, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, by Susanna, eldest daughter of General

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