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Arthur Alexander Dalzell, 9th Earl of Carnwath (15 September 1799 – 28 April 1875) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was the son of Robert Alexander Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwath and Andulusia Browne.

Military career

He was lieutenant-colonel of the

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between 1841 and 1853. He became Assistant Secretary for Scotland in 1854 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in April 1861. Promoted to the rank of

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in 1873, he also inherited the titles of his

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, Henry Arthur Hew Dalzell, becoming

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 ...

that same year. Lord Carnwath died unmarried on 28 April 1875 aged 75, in

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. His titles were inherited by his younger brother, Harry Burrard Dalzell.

References

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