Tam Dalyell

Who they were

Personal life and death Bust of Tam Dalyell House of the Binns Dalyell married Kathleen Wheatley , a teacher, on 26 December 1963; [ 1 ] she was the elder daughter of John Wheatley , Lord Advocate and Labour MP for East Edinburgh. [ 2 ] They have a son Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, [ 3 ] and a daughter Moira, both of whom are lawyers. In his retirement, and for some years previously, he contributed obituaries to The Independent . [ 2 ] In 2011 he published his autobiography,

Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet, known as Tam Dalyell, was a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgow from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he was best known for formulating what came to be known as the "West Lothian question", on whether non-English MPs should be able to vote upon English-only matters after political devolution. He was also known for his staunch anti-war views, opposing the Falklands War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War.

Early life

Educated at: King's College, Edinburgh Academy, and Eton College.

Early life and career Dalyell was born in Edinburgh , [ 1 ] and raised in the family home of his mother Eleanor Dalyell , the Binns , near Linlithgow , West Lothian; his father Gordon Loch CIE (1887–1953) was a colonial civil servant and a scion of the Loch family . Highland Clearances facilitator James Loch (1780–1855) was an ancestral uncle. Loch (and his son) took his wife's surname in 1938, and through his mother Dalyell inherited the baronetcy of Dalyell , [ 2 ] but he never used the title.

Path and career

Worked with / for: Bo'ness Academy.

Awards / honours: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and honorary doctorate.

Political career Appearing (centre) on After Dark " Arms and the Gulf " in 1991 Having been educated by left-wing economists at Cambridge , Dalyell said that he became a socialist because of the level of unemployment in Scotland. [ 1 ] He joined the Labour Party in 1956, following the Suez Crisis . [ 2 ] After being unsuccessful as a parliamentary candidate for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles in 1959, he became a Member of Parliament in June 1962,

Why this date

Tam Dalyell appears on our January 26 calendar for 2017 as a death entry.