Dalziel, Dalzell, Dezell, or Dalyell ( ) is a

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Pronunciation

The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an

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, meaning 'bright dale'. The sound now spelled with a or is historically a

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slender , which in Gaelic is pronounced (like English ). The English/ Scots form of the name was originally spelled with a

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() as ''Dalȝiel''; this was later replaced with either a , the letter of the modern alphabet which most looks like yogh, or a , which more closely represents the sound.

History

The name originates from the former

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of Dalzell in

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, in the area now occupied by

Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

. The name Dalzell is first recorded in 1259, and Thomas de Dalzell fought at

Bannockburn Bannockburn () is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing into the River Forth. History Land in ...

. The Dalzell lands were forfeited later in the 14th century, but regained through marriage in the 15th. Sir Robert Dalzell was created Lord Dalzell in 1628, and his son was further elevated in the

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Earl of Carnwath The title Earl of Carnwath is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created together with the subsidiary title of Lord Dalzell and Liberton, on 21 April 1639 for Robert Dalzell, 2nd Lord Dalzell. His father, Sir Robert Dalzell, had been raised ...

, in 1639. In 1645 the Dalzell estates were sold to the Hamiltons of Orbiston, who held them until the 20th century. Scottish emigration has dispersed the Dalziel family across the English-speaking world. The Dalziel

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is ''

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, a man's body proper'', i.e. the flesh-coloured silhouette of a man against a black background. The origin of this peculiar arms was written about by Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, in 1764:

People

People with this surname include:

Dalyell

Dalyell baronets The Dalyell Baronetcy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia was created 7 November 1685 for a Scottish General, Thomas Dalyell of the Binns. The succession of the title is unusual in that, in default of heirs male, it can pass by special remainder ...

* Sir

John Graham Dalyell Sir John Graham Dalyell PSSA (August 1775 – 7 June 1851), 6th Baronet of the Binns was a Scottish advocate, antiquary and naturalist. Life The second son of Sir Robert Dalyell, fourth baronet (d. 1791) and his wife Elizabeth Graham, only daugh ...

(1775–1851), Scottish antiquary and naturalist *

Tam Dalyell of the Binns Sir Thomas Dalyell of The Binns, 1st Baronet (1615 – 1685) was a Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish Cavalier, Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known by the soubriquets "Bluidy Tam" and "The Muscovite De'il". Life Dalyell ...

(1615–1685), Scottish General, also spelled Dalzell or Dalziel *

Tam Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet ( ; 9 August 1932 – 26 January 2017), known as Tam Dalyell, was a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgow (formerly West Lothian) from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour ...

(1932–2017), British Labour politician *

Elsie Dalyell Elsie Jean Dalyell (13 December 1881 – 1 November 1948) was an Australian medical doctor who specialised in pathology. During World War I, she served in the Royal Army Medical Corps across Europe, and was appointed an Officer of Order of the B ...

(1881–1948), Australian pathologist

Dalzell

John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1913. During the presidency of T ...

(1845–1927), U.S. Representative *

Rick Dalzell Richard Lane Dalzell (born April 7, 1957 in Kentucky) was the chief information officer and senior vice president of Amazon.com from 1997 until November 2007. During his ten years at Amazon.com, he was the driving force behind the growth of technol ...

(born 1957), American businessman *

Sammy Dalzell Sammy Dalzell (2 June 1933 – 29 November 1977) was an Irish weightlifter. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and ...

(1933–1977), Olympic weightlifter (Northern Ireland) *

Stewart Dalzell Stewart Richard Dalzell (September 18, 1943 – February 18, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and early career Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Dalz ...

(1943–2019), American judge

Dalziel

Bobby Dalziel Robert Dalziel was a Scottish amateur football inside left who made over 110 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He also played for Third Lanark and Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", i ...

, Scottish footballer * Brothers Dalziel, a firm of Victorian engravers founded in 1839 by George and Edward Dalziel, and assisted by John and Thomas Dalziel (see below) * Charles Dalziel (1904–1986), American professor of engineering * Dale Dalziel, American curler * David Dalziel MM, KOSB Hero in the Korean War *

Davison Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler Davison Alexander Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler (17 October 1852 – 18 April 1928), known as Sir Davison Dalziel, Bt, between 1919 and 1928, was a British newspaper owner and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons ...

(1852–1928), Scottish businessman and Conservative politician *

Diana Vreeland Diana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989) was an American fashion columnist and editor. She worked for the fashion magazine ''Harper's Bazaar'' and as editor-in-chief at '' Vogue'', later becoming a special consultant to the Costume ...

(1903–1989), born Diana Dalziel, noted fashion magazine editor * Gordon Dalziel (born 1962), former Scottish footballer and manager * Henry Dalziel (1893–1965), Australian war hero *

Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy James Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, PC (24 April 1868 – 15 July 1935), known as Sir Henry Dalziel, Bt, between 1918 and 1921, was a British newspaper proprietor, Liberal politician and supporter of David Lloyd George. Backgr ...

(1868–1935), Scottish Liberal politician * Ian Dalziel (disambiguation) * John Dalziel, Scottish rugby union coach *

John McEwan Dalziel John McEwan Dalziel (1872–1948) was a British physician, botanist, and plant collector. He was born in Nagpur, India in 1872. He served as a medical missionary in China from 1895 to 1902, and afterwards joined the West African Medical Service ...

(1872–1948), British doctor and botanist * Kathleen Dalziel (1881–1969), Australian poet *

Keith Dalziel Professor Keith Dalziel F.R.S. (24 August 1921 – 7 January 1994) was a British biochemist. Life Dalziel was born in Salford, the youngest of four children of Gilbert and Edith Dalziel. His father, born in Dumfries, Scotland, worked as a ...

(1921–1994), Biochemist and Fellow of The Royal Society *

Lianne Dalziel Lianne Audrey Dalziel (; born 7 June 1960) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister ...

(born 1960), Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand *

Peter Dalziel Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(born 1960), one of the first Chartered Fellows of the Chartered institute of Management, UK * Margaret Dalziel, academic at the University of Otago, New Zealand * Raewyn Dalziel, New Zealand historian *

Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel ( ; born 12 April 1982) is a Scottish professional racing driver. Dalziel has seen the most success in his career in the United States, racing in the American Le Mans Series GT1 class and the Champ Car World Series, and winning t ...

(born 1982), British racing driver * Stuart Dalziel (born 1963), British and New Zealand fluid dynamicist * Thomas Dalziel (1823–1906), engraver

Dezell

* Clifford Dezell (1946 - ), Former Alderman and City Councillor of Prince George

Fictional people

* Andrew Dalziel, fictitious detective in literature and television, part of the team

Dalziel and Pascoe Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill. Characterisation and style Dalziel is d ...

created by

Reginald Hill Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 193612 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He was inducted into the prestigious Detection Club in ...

. * Royce Varisey, tenth Duke of Wolverstone went by the codename 'Dalziel' (his mother's family name) throughout the Napoleonic Wars in the Bastion Club series of romance novels by

Stephanie Laurens Stephanie Laurens (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels. Biography Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in Sri Lanka. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, where she was raised ...

People with the given name

Dalziel Hammick Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick FRS (8 March 1887 in West Norwood, London, England – 17 October 1966) was an English research chemist. His major work was in synthetic organic chemistry. Along with Walter Illingworth he promulgated the Hammick-Illin ...

(1887–1966), British chemist

Other uses

still contains Dalziel Parish, a congregation of the

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland (CoS; ; ) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While mem ...

, as well as the Dalzell Steelworks, now owned by Liberty House. The estate of Dalziel House, the former home of the Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, is now a country park on the south side of the town. Dalziel Rugby Club play at Dalziel Park in nearby

Carfin Carfin (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Càrn Fionn'', meaning the White Cairn) is a village situated to the north-east of Motherwell, Scotland. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Holytown, Newarthill and New Stevenston which ...

. The name is also used by several Motherwell-based institutions, including

Dalziel High School Dalziel High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Overview James K. Scobbie, Rector from 1957 until 1974, greatly enhanced the school's performance during his tenure. Since then, the school ...

and the former Dalziel Co-operative Society. Dalziel Park Stadium was a nineteenth-century football stadium that was the home of the town's football team Motherwell F.C.

References

External links

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