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* DALOTX. 746 DALRYMPLE. Chamber of Deputies. Among his other works deserving notice are: "'Triumph of the Republic," in the Phice tie la Nation; the "ilouument of Eugfene Delacroix," in the Garden of the Luxem- bourg; and "Bacchus Consoling Ariadne" ( 1892) . He also produced a considerable number of statues and busts of noted men of the time. DAL'RIA'DA. The ancient name for the northern half of the countj- of Antrim in Ireland, now known as "The Route.' The Dalriads are supposed to have descended from Carbry Riada (Riogh-fhada, i.e. of the long wrist), a son of a cliief of the Scots in Ireland, who ruled not onlj in the district of Ireland, named after him, but. according to Beda, crossed to Scotland and settled in the lands of the Piets. In the begin- ning of the sixth century the Dalriads, led by Fergus, passed over to Argv'llshire, where they settled themselves permanently, and formed the kingdom of 'Dalriada in Albany.' The Scottish colonists increased so much in power that they threw off the yoke of Ireland, and, about G.^T, attempted to subdue that island, but were de- feated at Magh Rath, in County Down. The Dalriads nevertheless extended their kingdom in Scotland, and in 843 their king, Kenneth, be- came King of Albany, and thus united under one sceptre the Dalriads, or Scots, and the Picts. Later the Kingdom of Albany was known as Scotland. DALRYMPLE, dal-rim'p"l, Alexander ( 1737- ISOS). A British •liydrographer; a younger brother of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes (q.v.). He was born at New Hailes, near Edin- burgh, July 24, 1737. In 1752 he obtained an appointment in the East India Company's ser- vice ; but he labored imder the disadvantage of youth and imperfect education, until Lord Pigot, Govei'nor of the Presidency, gave him lessons in writing. In 1758 he made a voyage of observa- tion among the Eastern islands, and at .Sulu negotiated a commercial treaty with the Sultan, which he returned to consummate in 1762, but was unsuccessful. In 1765 he returned to Britain, and in 1775 was sent to Madras as a member of council, but was recalled in two years, apparentl.v without good reason, for in 1779 he was appointed hydrographer to the East India Company, and shortly after received a pension. In 1795, when the British Admiralty resolved to establish a similar office, it was conferred on Dalrymple, who held it until his summary dismissal, occasioned by an excess of zeal, on May 28. 1808. Depression at the humil- iation occasioned his death, three weeks after- wards, on June 19, 1808. at Marylebone, London. He wrote a vast number of letters, pamphlets, etc.. containing plans for the jlromotion of Brit- ish commerce in various parts of the world, political dissertations, accounts of geographical expeditions, etc., and his library, containing valuable geographical and scientific works, was acquired by the Admiralty. DALRYMPLE, Sir D.*.viD, Lord Hailes (1726-92). A Scotch judge and antiquarian, born in Edinburgh, October 28. 1726. He was the grandson of Sir David Daliymple, youngest son of Viscount Stair. Educated at Eton, in Edin- burgh, and fiually in Leyden, he returned to Scotland in 1746. and in 1748 was called to the Scottish bar. In 1766 he was appointed judge of the Court of Session, with the title of Lord Hailes. Ten years after, he was made Justiciary Lord. He died November 29, 1792. He was a voluminous writer. His most important works are; An)ials of ticotland, from the Accession of Malcolm III., Surnamed Canmore, to th^ Acces- sion of Robert I., 1770; with continuation to the Accession of the House of <b'fi(a»-f, 1779; and An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes ichich Mr. Gibbon Has Assigned to the Rapid Grouth of C/irisliiiiiili/, 1780. He also wrote works on legal antiquities and ancient Church history; edited eld Scotch poems, and pul)lished biographical sketches of notable Scotchmen. He was the esteemed friend and correspondent of Dr. John- son. Consult '"Memoirs of Lord Hailes," in late editions of the Inquiry, etc. DALRYMPLE, Sir James, first Viscount Stair (1619-95). A Scotch lawyer and states- man. The son of a small proprietor in Ayrshire, he was born at Druumiurchie in May, 1619. Educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universi- ties, at an early age he entered the army raised in Scotland to repel the religious innovations of Charles I., but returned to civil and literary pursuits, and in 1641 was appointed jirofessor of philosophy at Glasgow. In 1648 he entered as an advocate at the Scotch bar. where he rajjidl.v acquired distinction. In 1049 and in 1650 he was appointed secretary to the commis- sioners sent to Holland by the Scottish Parlia- ment to treat with Charles II. ; and in 1657 was induced to become one of the "commissioners for the administration of justice' in Scotland under Cromwell's Government. Dalrj-mple was a Royalist, but resigned his seat in 1663 on his refusal to take the "declaration' oath, which denied the right of the nation to take up arms against the King. His great talents, however, induced Charles II. to create him a baronet, and in 1671 to appoint him Lord President of the Court of Session. He was invariablv the advocate of moderate measures. In 1681 he refused to take the new test oath, and resigned his appointments. The same year he published the Institutions of the Laic of Scotland, which is still the grand text-book of the Scottish lawyer. After some time spent on his estate in Wigton- shire, Dalrymple went to Holland in 1682 to escape factious persecution. During 1684-87, while residing at Leyden. he published at Edin- burgh his Decisions; and in 1686. at Leyden, a Latin work entitled Physiologia Xova Experi- mentalis. He accompanied the Prince of Orange on his expedition to England. Vrilliam reap- pointed him Lord President of the Court of Session and created him Viscount Stair, Lord Glenlucc and Stranraer in 1690. He died in Edinburgh, November 25, 1695. His daughter. Janet, who died in 1669, within a month of her marriage to Dunbar, Laird of Baldoon, is the original of Scott's Bride of Lammermoor. Con- sult; Jlackey, Memoirs of Sir .James Dalrymple. First Viscount Stair (Edinburgh, 1873) ; and Graham, Annals and Correspondence of the Vis- count and First and Second Earls of Stair (Edin- burgh. 1S75K DALRYMPLE, Sir James ( ?-c.l714). Tlie second son of Viscount Stair, and the author of Collections Concerninfi Scottish History Pre- cedinp Ihf' Death of Darid I. (1705). DALRYMPLE, Sir .JoHX. first Earl of Stair (16481707). A Scottish statesman. He was the