Background
His mother was the daughter of John Harris Registered Nurse (1782–1850), of Eldon House, Treasurer of the London District of Upper Canada, and Amelia Ryerse, UE (1798–1882).
His mother was the daughter of John Harris Registered Nurse (1782–1850), of Eldon House, Treasurer of the London District of Upper Canada, and Amelia Ryerse, UE (1798–1882).
He was the eldest of five children born to Colonel the Honourable Robert Alexander George Dalzell (1816–1878) and Sarah Bushby Harris (1821–1916). Three of Lieutenant-Colonel Dalzell"s uncles had succeeded to the titles before he inherited them in 1887. Lady Ida Elizabeth Dalzell (9 June 1876 – bef 1934), married, in 1907, Frederick Ramon de Bertodano, Marques del Moral
Robert Hippisley Dalzell, Lord Dalzell (30 September 1877 – 2 August 1904)
Lady Violet Charlotte Dalzell (18 March 1879 – 1 October 1956), married, in 1901, Lieutenant-Colonel
Honorary
Harold Greenwood Henderson
Ronald Arthur Dalzell, 12th Earl of Carnwath (1883–1931)
Dalzell served with the Queen"s Own Cameron Highlanders, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. A representative peer for Scotland, he died while walking from his home, Carnwath House, Fulham, to the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his second (but only surviving) son, Ronald.