BALLING 41 and Minister at Washington 1849-52; at Florence 1852-54; and Ambas- sador at Constantinople 1858-65. P.C. 30 June 1845; K.C.B. 27 Apr. i848;G.C.B. I Mar. 1851. On 21 Mar. 1871 he was cr. BARON BAL- LING AND BULWER OF DALLING, Norfolk. He «;., 9 Dec. 1 848, at Hatfield House, Herts, Georgiana Charlotte Mary, da. of Henry (Wellesley), 1st Baron Cowley, by his 2nd wife, Georgiana Charlotte Augusta, da. of James (Cecil), ist Marquess of Salisbury. He d. s.p., suddenly, at Naples, 23 May 1872, aged 71, when his Peerage became extinct.{^) His widow, who was b. 1 1 June 1817, ^. 2 Aug. 1878, aged 61. DALMENY i.e. " Primrose and Dalmeny," Barony [S.] (Primrose)^ cr. 1 700, with the ViscouNTCY OF RosEBERY [S.], which see. i.e. "Dalmeny and Primrose," Barony [S.] (Primrose), cr. 1703, with the Earldom of Rosebery [S.], which see. DALRYMPLE i.e. "Dalrymple," Viscountcy [S.] {Dalrympk'), cr. 1703, with the Earldom of Stair [S.], which see. DALTON i.e. SOUTH DALTON See "Hotham of South Dalton," Barony [L] (Hothatn), cr. 1797. DALZELL BARONY [S.] I. Robert Dalzell, of Dalzell, co. Lanark, s. and h. , ^^ „ of Robert D. of that ilk, by Janet, da. of Gavin Hamilton, of Raploch, was b. about 1560. He is described as "Robert 'DzXi.tW, younger of Dalzell, 12 Nov. 1596, in a charter of the lands of Eliok, and as "of Eliok," 26 July 1602; was knighted before 1602, and was, in consideration of his own merits and of in his house under the plea of humanity . . . Such principles are sure to be known in Spain, the more so when one considers the extreme vanity of Sir H. Bulwer, and his probable imprudence in the not very creditable company he is said to keep ... if our diplomatists are not kept in better order, the Queen may at any moment be ex- posed to similar insults." V.G. {^) " His temper wras perfect, it arose from a genuine sweetness of disposition, from a kind, gentle, affectionate nature. His judgment was never disturbed by irritability. He weighed motives and conduct in exquisitely poised scales, and his estimates of character were seldom equalled for sagacity and truth. His grace, his tact, his high bred manners, made him a general favourite in society." (Abraham Hayward). Lord Melbourne describes him in 1841, as "clever, active; somewhat bitter and caustic, and rather suspicious." V.G. 6
