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DALTON—DALY—DALYELL. Robt. Prescott, of Rose Green, co. Sussex. Capt. Dalton, who has three brothers in the army, is brother-in-law of Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Chas. Dalbiac, K.C.B., and uncle of the present Duchess of Roxburghe.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Robt. Winthrop, and after attending the expedition against Ferrol, was wrecked in Vigo Bay, 6 Sept. following. From that period until Nov. 1804 he next served with Capt. John Chambers White in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the 74, flag-ship at first of Sir John Borlase Warren, and  74. He then cruized for 18 months in the 74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore; and, on 25 Aug. 1806, was promoted from the 80, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir J. B. Warren, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the  74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 26 Nov. following, he subsequently joined – 1 Dec. in the same year, the 18, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo, off Cape Finisterre – 29 Sept. 1807, the 38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar, Henry Hope, and Anselm John Griffiths, in which frigate he beheld the capture of Cephalonia, 4 Oct. 1809 – and, in Nov. of the latter year, the sloop, Capts. John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie. He obtained a second promotal commission 30 April, 1810, and was afterwards in command, from 28 July, 1814, to 28 May, 1815, of the 16, on the coasts of Spain, France, and Ireland. He retired with Post-rank 10 Sept. 1840. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 DALTON. 

entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1832; passed his examination 1 Feb. 1837; served for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate of the 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, and 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; obtained his commission 16 Feb. 1843; was appointed, 5 June following, to the 26, Capts. Robt. Fair and Wm. Kelly, on the Cape station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1845; and, since 19 Dec. 1846, has been attached, as Additional Lieutenant, to the 80, Capt. David Price, guard-ship at Sheerness.

 DALY, C.B.

is second son of the late Denis Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, co. Westmeath, by Miss Harriet King; brother of Denis Daly, Esq., Brigade-Major at Portsmouth; and uncle of

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Theophilus Jones, with whom he continued to serve, on the Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Channel stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the  64,  98,  98, and  74, and as Lieutenant (commission dated 30 Sept. ISOO;) of the  98, until April, 1802. Being appointed Senior, 1 March, 1803, of the, of 28 32-pounder oarronades and 132 men, Capt. Rich. Budd Vincent, he subsequently, in June, 1804, obtained the official praise of that officer for the spirited manner in which, with the boats, he boarded, cut adrift, and then destroyed, under the island of Fano, at the entrance of the Adriatic, L’Actif French privateer, of 4 guns, although moored with three anchors, attached by a hawser from the masthead to the cliff above her, and defended by a heavy cross-fire from the crew on board, and from the rocks, beach, and houses. On 4 Feb. 1805, the, and her consort the bomb, were both captured by the French 40 and 38-gun frigates Hortense and Incorruptible, after a noble resistance of several hours, in which the former ship lost 13 men killed and 27 wounded, and was so shattered that she immediately afterwards settled on her beam-ends, and went down. Lieut. Daly, who was detained a prisoner at Carthagena until the following July, next became first of the 64, Commodore Sir Home Popham, and, on proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, was present at its surrender to the British in Jan. 1806. He was then sent home with the despatches in the transport, and on his arrival was promoted to the rank of Commander, 10 April, 1806. Assuming charge, 8 Jan. 1807, of the, of 18 guns, Capt. Daly next cruized with great activity on the north coast of Spain, where, in command of four boats belonging to his own vessel and to the , he landed, on 23 June, 1808, spiked all the guns in Fort St. Salvador de Ano and Fort Sedra, near the town of St. Andero, and was severely scorched in destroying two magazines. On 11 Aug. following he very gallantly went in pursuit of three of the enemy’s corvettes, one of which, La Sylphe, of 18 guns, he ultimately brought to close action, and in 20 minutes compelled to surrender. For his distinguished conduct on this occasion he was rewarded with a Post commission, dated on 18 of the same month. From 15 May to 14 July, 1812, he afterwards commanded the 74, in the North Sea, but since the latter period he has been on half-pay. His advancement to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.

Rear-Admiral Daly, who has received rewards, both honorary and pecuniary, from the Patriotic Fund, was nominated a C.B. 20 July, 1838, and awarded the good service pension 19 Feb. 1842. He was left a widower, with several children, 14 Aug. 1841.. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 DALY. 

is fourth son of the late Joseph Morgan Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, co. Westmeath, by Elizabeth, third daughter of Robt. Tigre, Esq., of South Hill; brother of Capt. Robt. Daly, 14th Infantry, and of Henry Daly, Esq., an officer in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service; and nephew of

This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1824. While Mate of the 26, Capt. Thos. Herbert, he served in her boats under Lieut. Rundle Burges Watson in an impressive attack upon 13 Chinese war-junks, near Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841 – was on shore at the storming, 27 Feb., of the enemy’s works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon were taken – assisted in the boats at the capture of several rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, 13 March – served with the western division of boats at the capture of that city on 18 March – and, during the second series of hostilities against it, was again in the boats at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole of the defences, extending about two miles from the British factory. Having been promoted on 6 of the latter month, and appointed to the 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he next, in command of that ship’s launch, assisted at the reduction of Chinghae, 10 Oct. following. Mr. Daly’s subsequent appointments were, 20 Jan. 1842, and 12 March, 1845, to the 16, and  42, Capts. Philip Justice and John Norman Campbell, on the East India and South American stations. He has not been on the list of the navy since the close of 1845. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 DALYELL. 

entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1814; passed his examination in 1820; served in the boats of the at the capture of a pirate in the West Indies in 1823; and was promoted, 6 Sept. 1826, to a Lieutenancy in the  28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, on the Jamaica station. He obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 14 July, 1838; served, from 21 July, 1841, until 1844, as First of the 18, Capts. Rich. Byron and John Clavell, on the South American station; and, since