Background
Dalston was the son of Sir John Dalston, of Dalston Hall, Cumberland and his second wife Frances Warcop, daughter of Thomas Warcop, of Smardale, Westmorland.
Dalston was the son of Sir John Dalston, of Dalston Hall, Cumberland and his second wife Frances Warcop, daughter of Thomas Warcop, of Smardale, Westmorland.
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He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated from Queens" College, Cambridge in about 1596. He was knighted on 26 June 1607.
He was appointed Captain of Carlisle Castle, Cumberland from 1608 to at least 1643.
He served as a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland and Westmorland from 1615 to 1644 and in 1618 was High Sheriff of Cumberland. He was Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland from 1641 to 1644.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland in 1624. He was awarded Bachelor and Master of Arts from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1624.
In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland again and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
In April 1640, when parliament reassembled for the Short Parliament Dalston was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland again. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament but was disabled for supporting the king in 1643. In the 1644-1645 Siege of Carlisle he was forced to flee Dalston Hall when General Leslie requisitioned it as the Covenantor headquarters.
Dalston died in September 1657 and his funeral sermon was preached by Jeremy Taylor.
Their son William was Member of Parliament for Carlisle and a supporter of the king.
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In 1621 Dalston was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland.