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brave officers and men should have been lost to their country. In addition to those above mentioned, eight were slain, one mortally, seven severely, and three slightly, wounded. The Danes had ten killed, and thirteen (including officers) wounded.

The subject of this memoir was promoted to his present rank on the 12th Dec. 1812; granted a pension for his wounds in Sept. 1813; appointed to the command of the Conflict sloop, on the Channel station. Mar. 18th, 1814; and paid off at Sheerness, in the summer of 1815. He married, in 1819, Mary, only daughter of Christopher Savery, of South Efford, co. Devon, Esq.; and is now settled at Battville, in the neighbourhood of his native place. Mrs. Hawkins, by whom he has had issue two sons, is also a descendant of an ancient and very respectable Devonshire family.

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W. CUNNINGHAM C. DALYELL, Esq.
[Commander.]

Fifth and youngest son of the late Sir Robert Dalyell, bart., of Binns, near Edinburgh, sixteenth in lineal descent from Walter, Earl of Menteth^[1], by Elizabeth, daughter of Nichol Graham, of Gartmore, Esq., and grand-daughter of William, Earl of Glencairn.

This officer’s ancestors frequently distinguished themselves in the service of their country:– the name of the family is said to owe its origin to an incident occurring at a very remote period. A kinsman and favorite of Kenneth, King of Scotland, who reigned about the year 841, having been taken prisoner by his enemies, and hanged in sight of the Scottish camp, a great reward was offered to whomsoever should cut the body down; but none would undertake the perilous enterprise, until a gentleman of acknowledged valour, in the retinue of the king, stepped forward, exclaiming, “Dalyell,” which, in the language of the times, signified “I dare.” He accordingly left the camp, and succeeded in restoring to the monarch the body of his friend. His courage did not pass unrewarded, for the name of “Dalyell” was bestowed by the king, together with other gifts, on him and his posterity: and be assigned for his coat armorial the body of a banged man, and the motto “I dare,” which are actually borne by all

1. See Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 3d edit. p. 196.