DALYELL

Sir John Graham , 6 Baronet ( 2 son of Sir Robert Dalyell, 4 baronet, who d. 1791 ). b. Binns, Linlithgowshire, Aug. 1775; lamed for life when an infant; ed. at Univs. of St. Andrews and Edin.; advocate at Scottish bar 1796; knighted by patent 22 Aug. 1836; pres. of Society of Arts for Scotland 1839–40; succeeded his elder brother as 6 baronet 1 Feb. 1841; author of Fragments of Scottish history 1798; Scottish poems of the sixteenth century 1801; Journal of Richard Bannatyne 1806; Darker superstitions of Scotland 1834; Musical memoirs of Scotland 1849. d. 14 Great King st. Edinburgh 7 June 1851. Sir J. G. Dalyell’s The powers of the creator displayed in the creation to which is prefixed a memoir of the author, vol. iii , 1858.