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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE HERBARIUM. 
The Rev. James Dalton, F.L.S., was the third and youngest 
son of Captain John Dalton, H.E.I.C.S. (the defender of Trichin- 
opoly, 1752-53), by Isabella, second daughter, and eventual heir 
of Sir John Wray, 12th Baronet of Glentworth, co. Lincoln. Born 
in Swinegate, York, on the 14th November, 1764; he took his 
B.A. degree at Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1787; M.A., 1790; 
Ordained Deacon, 15th July, 1787 ; Priest, 23rd November, 1788 ; 
Vicar of Copgrove, January 22nd, 1789 ; Vicar of Catterick, March 
12th, 1791 ; Rector of Croft, 3rd August, 1805. Married 4th Dec., 
1794, at Bishop Stortford, Herts, Maria, youngest daughter, and 
co-heir, of the Rev. Edmund Gibson, Vicar of Bishop Stortford 
(grandson of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London). Died 2nd 
January, 1843 ; Buried at Croft, 12th January, 1843. Now repre¬ 
sented (1894) by Lt.-Colonel J. C. Dalton, R.A., and Charles 
Dalton, F.R.G.S., sons of Lt.-General Charles James Dalton, 
Col. Commandant Royal Artillery^. 
For the preceding particulars concerning the Rev. James Dalton, 
the Yorkshire Philosophical Society is indebted to Mr. Charles 
Dalton, F.R.G.S. This gentleman and his brother, Lt.-Colonel 
J. C. Dalton, R.A., presented the valuable (Dalton) collection of 
plants in 1887. 
The Dalton collection of British plants (1827) represents a large 
portion of the botanical work done by the Rev. James Dalton 
during the years 1780 to 1820. 
The collection (1887) includes many of the Rev. James Dalton’s 
specimens from 1790 to 1835 ; also specimens collected by his 
grandson, the Rev. James Dalton. 
The specimens collected by the Rev. James Dalton, F.L.S., 
will be marked “ Rev. James Dalton,” and those collected or 
contributed by his grandson will be referred to as by the “Rev. 
James Dalton, Junr.” 
Although the above account embraces the most important events 
in the Rev. James Dalton’s career, as the arrangement of the 
herbarium progresses, the writer of these “ Notes ” will be able to 
supply details of the botanical excursions of Mr. Dalton and his 
contemporaries. 
James Dalton was the son of one of those enterprising and heroic 
pioneers who laid the foundation of our commercial and political 
influence over the vast Indian Empire. 
Whatever influence operated on the mind and character of 
James Dalton, he did not follow the military career of his father, 
but adopted a more peaceful mission. 
