Background
Richard Henry Dulany was born on August 10, 1820 in Unison, Loudoun County, Virginia. He was the son of John Peyton Dulany and Mary Ann DeButts.
Richard Henry Dulany was born on August 10, 1820 in Unison, Loudoun County, Virginia. He was the son of John Peyton Dulany and Mary Ann DeButts.
The Dulany family descend from the O"Dulaneys of Queen"s County, Ireland, and reached America when Daniel Dulany the Elder arrived in Portuguese Tobacco, Maryland, in 1703. He Dulany founded the Upperville Colt & Horse Show in 1853. lieutenant is the oldest horse show in America.
He also founded the Piedmont Hunt in 1840, one of the oldest foxhunting organizations in the country.
During the American Civil War, he was first a captain, and then colonel of the 7th Virginia Cavalry. He died in Upperville, Virginia in 1906.
He was buried at the Old Welbourne Cemetery in Unison, Virginia.