Davison Alexander Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler (17 October 1852 – 18 April 1928), known asSir Davison Dalziel, Bt, between 1919 and 1928, was a British newspaper owner andConservative Party politician. He sat in theHouse of Commons between 1910 and 1927, before a brief period in theHouse of Lords. He was the founder ofDalziel's News Agency.
Dalziel was born inLondon on 17 October 1852.
Dalziel moved toNew South Wales to work as a journalist for theSydney Echo. He also spent several years in theUnited States in the management department of various newspapers, and when he returned to England in 1890 he set up his own business, Dalziel's News Agency. With partners he bought controlling stakes inThe Standard andEvening Standard newspapers in 1910. He sold off his newspaper interests to further his work in the cab industry, setting up several companies including General Motor Cab Company Ltd, the Pullman Car Company and the International Sleeping Car Share Trust Ltd.[1]
At theJanuary 1910 general election he was elected as theMember of Parliament (MP) forBrixton,[2]holding the seat until his defeat at the1923 general election.[3] He was created abaronet in 1919.[4]
He regained the Brixton seat in1924,[3] and held it for a further three years until hisresignation from the House of Commons on 9 June 1927, by taking theChiltern Hundreds[5]
In 1927 he was raised to the peerage asBaron Dalziel of Wooler, of Wooler in the County of Northumberland.[6]
In 1876 in Sydney, Dalziel was married to actress Harriet Sarah "Dickie" Lingard. Together, they were the parents of:
Dalziel died on 18 April 1928, aged 75, when the baronetcy and barony became extinct. In his will, which was only 140 words long, he left over £2,250,000 to Lady Dalziel, who herself died on 7 December 1938.[8]
He is buried in a family mausoleum in the eastern section ofHighgate Cemetery in northLondon, close to the main entrance.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBrixton January 1910 –1923 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBrixton 1924 –1927 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Dalziel of Wooler 1927–1928 | Extinct |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Grosvenor Place) 1919–1928 | Extinct |
