Background
Dale was the only son of Dorset landowner James Dale of Glanvilles Wootton and his wife, Mary Kelloway Barton.
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She is reported to have accompanied him on some of his expeditions. They were to have two sons, Charles William Dale (1851-1906) best known as a lepidopterist and dipterist but he also published notes on other insects including coleoptera, and Edward Robert Dale (1853-1903) who described himself as an entomologist and electrical engineer when the use of electricity was still in its infancy. Dale received his education at Wimborne Grammar School and Sidney Sussex College Cambridge University receiving his Master of Arts in 1818.
He was a magistrate.
On one occasion a cloud of butterflies was released into Dale"s court. His most famous discovery was the Lulworth Skipper. The references are mainly to Coleoptera though Dale worked on all Orders.
His first note, on Lepidoptera was published, in the Magazine of Natural History in 1830.
This was followed by some 83 further notes and articles covering a wide range of topics. He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1843.
Membership
He was elected a member of the first Entomological Society of London on 25 June 1822.
