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Dallam (other)
Dallam may refer to: *Dallam County, Texas, United States *Dallam, Warrington, Cheshire, England *Dallam School, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England *Dallam Tower, historic house near Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England *Dallam family of English organ-builders * Dallam's Decisions, a private law report for the Republic of Texas People with surname Dallam * James Wilmer Dallam, American lawyer and newspaper publisher after whom Dallam County, Texas is named * Richard Dallam (1865–1939), American politician from Maryland *Thomas Dallam Thomas Dallam (bap. 1575, d. in or after 1630) was an English organ-builder and diarist.Christopher Kent, ‘Dallam, Thomas (bap. 1575, d. in or after 1630)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 26 Oct ... (c. 1570 – after 1614) first of family of organ builders See also * * {{dab, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallam County, Texas
Dallam County is the north-westernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 7,115. Its county seat is Dalhart. The county was founded in 1876 and later organized in 1891. It is named for James Wilmer Dallam, a lawyer and newspaper publisher. History Dallam County was formed in 1876 from portions of Bexar County. It was named after James Wilmer Dallam, the lawyer who made the first digest of Texas laws. The first settlement in the area followed in 1870, which resulted in the Red River War of 1874 and 1875 with the native Comanche and Kiowa tribes. In 1900–01, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company built a stretch from Liberal, Kansas, to Tucumcari, New Mexico, which ran through the county. The location where the tracks met those of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway was named Dalhart. The name is taken from the first letters of Dallam County and Hartley County, between which the town's area is divided. Within a shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallam, Warrington
Dallam is a suburb of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was historically in Lancashire but is now in Cheshire. It is home to a Royal Mail rail terminus on the main West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ... railway, opposite a large Eddie Stobart distribution centre. Most housing is former council housing. It is situated at the terminus of the Warrington Borough Transport number 16 and 16A bus routes. References External linksDallam Community Primary School - Be local UK listing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallam School
Dallam School is a co-educational 11-18 secondary school with academy status, located in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England. It was founded in 1984 through the merger of Heversham Grammar School (established in 1613) and Milnthorpe Secondary School. History Heversham Grammar School was founded and endowed on 24 January 1619/20, by Edward Wilson, Kt (1557-1653), of Nether Levens, who also owned Heversham Hall. It occupied the site known in recent years as Old School, above and behind the village church, on Heversham Head. The building is now a private house. The present ivy-clad Boarding House and Big School (formerly the school hall) date from the 1880s. Milnthorpe Secondary School was founded in 1951 and, after occupying many different buildings around the village, moved to Dallam's current location in 1968, complete with Community Centre. Dallam School was founded in 1984 through the merger of Heversham Grammar School and Milnthorpe Secondary School. Dallam is a boarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallam Tower
Dallam Tower is a listed building, grade I listed country house in Beetham parish, near Milnthorpe, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association but is not open to the public except for occasional charity events, visits to the garden through the National Garden Scheme, and as a wedding venue. The house is described as "Early C18 with C17 core, remodelled early C19" and has rainwater pipes dated 1722; its interiors include panelling by Gillows of Lancaster and London, Gillow of Lancaster. It has a deer park of , running down to the River Bela beside the A6 road (England), A6 road with a prominent listed building, grade II listed 18th-century deer shelter. The shelter was damaged by fire in April 2021. A public road and several public footpaths run through the deer park. It has sometimes been erroneously referred to as Dallam Castle, and an earlier spelling was Dalham Tower. Before Local Government Act 1972, local government reorg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallam Family
Dallam was the surname of a family of English organ builders, active in England and Brittany. The first known member of the family, Thomas Dallam, originated from Dallam in Lancashire. Thomas Dallam I The first Thomas Dallam (1575; after 1620) left Lancashire, to establish himself in London where he became a member of the Blacksmiths' Company. During 1599 and 1600 he went on a voyage from London to Constantinople in order to deliver an organ to the sultan Mehmet III. After his return to England Thomas Dallam married and built many important organs, including that of King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Robert Dallam Thomas Dallam's son Robert Dallam (born ca. 1602) became an important organ builder. His father died around 1630 and the first organ Robert made on his own may be the Milton Organ of Tewkesbury Abbey. Robert and his family relocated to Brittany during the English Commonwealth, when it was impossible to pursue a career as an organ builder in England. In 1660, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallam's Decisions
''Dallam's Decisions'' is a case law reporter that was published by James Wilmer Dallam in Texas that included opinions An opinion is a judgement, Point of view (philosophy), viewpoint, or Proposition, statement that is not conclusive, as opposed to facts, which are truth, true statements. Definition A given opinion may deal with subjectivity, subjective matters ... of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas, with the exception of the final year of the court (1845). It has the only record of opinions for the court, as no official reporter was published. The opinions were first printed in 1845, in "''Dallam's Digest of Texas Laws''" on pages 357–632. It was reprinted in 1881, using the same pagination as the original.{{smallcaps, Soule, at 59 n.2. Notes Case law reporters of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilmer Dallam
James Wilmer Dallam (1818–1847) was an American legal scholar and writer. He is the namesake of Dallam County, Texas. Biography Dallam was born September 24, 1818, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Francis Johnson and Sarah (Wilmer) Dallam. He attended Brown University and graduated in 1837, and was subsequently elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Then he went to Reverdy Johnson's office to study law. In 1839, he went to Matagorda, Texas, and stayed for a while to compile a book on Texas' laws, titled as ''A Digest of the Laws of Texas'', it was sometimes referred to as "the lawyer's bible", and was republished in 1881, 1883, and 1904. In 1845, he moved back to Matagorda, where he married Annie Fisher, daughter of Samuel Rhoads Fisher Samuel Rhoads Fisher was the secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. He was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1794, and settled in Texas in 1830 with his wife and four children in the Matagorda area. He represented Matagorda Municipalit .... They had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dallam
Richard Dallam (May 11, 1865 – April 11, 1939) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as Secretary of State of Maryland from 1896 to 1899. Early life Richard Dallam was born on May 11, 1865, in Bel Air, Maryland, to Mary C. (née Maulsby) and William H. Dallam. His father was state's attorney, deputy collector at the Port of Baltimore, and veteran of the Civil War. Dallam's maternal grandfather was Israel D. Maulsby, state delegate of Harford County. His uncle was William P. Maulsby and cousin was John I. Yellott. He attended Bel Air Academy and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1888. Career After graduating, Dallam practiced law in Bel Air. He was appointed as deputy of the Baltimore customs house under Colonel Webster. He served in that role until 1889. He then continued his law practice. Dallam was a Republican. In 1896, he was appointed as Secretary of State of Maryland by Governor Lloyd Lowndes Jr. He served in that role until 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
