Lieutenant-General Robert Alexander Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath,, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.
Background
Lord Carnwath was the son of Robert Dalzell (1738−1788) (himself the son of Robert Dalzell, 5th Earl of Carnwath) and Elizabeth Acklom. He married, firstly, Jane Parkes, daughter of Samuel Parkes, on 23 September 1789. He married, secondly, Andulusia Browne, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Browne, on 26 April 1794.
Career
They had one daughter, Elizabeth Dalzell (1790−1801). They had the following children together:
Lady Emma Maria Dalzell (died 25 December 1882)
Lady Eleanor Jane Elizabeth Dalzell (died 4 May 1835)
Lady Charlotte Augusta Dalzell (died 27 December 1844)
Robert Arthur Dalzell (1 May 1796 - 30 December 1799)
Thomas Henry Dalzell, 7th Earl of Carnwath (2 September 1797 − 14 December 1867)
General Arthur Alexander Dalzell, 9th Earl of Carnwath (15 September 1799 − 28 April 1875)
Colonel Harry Burrard Dalzell, 10th Earl of Carnwath (11 November 1804 − 1 November 1887)
The titles of Earl of Carnwath, Lord Dalzell and Liberton and the Dalzell baronetcy of Glenae had been forfeited by a Writ of Attainder for treason for the fifth Earl"s support of the Jacobite cause in an unsuccessful rebellion in 1715 known as the Fifteen or Lord March"s Revolt.